S2E10 - Veena Sahajwalla on turning waste into new materials

As the climate emergency escalates, it is clear that the solutions we need are those that can be applied at scale. The materials scientist Veena Sahajwalla is at the forefront as she is already designing and delivering such solutions. In this episode, Veena tells Design Emergency’s cofounder, Paola Antonelli, how she is recycling huge quantities of abandoned tyres, clothing and other waste into new materials.

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Born in India, where she was the only woman on her university engineering course, Veena then studied in Canada and the US, and is now based in Australia, where sh...