How an inventor is fighting the war on waste: Veena Sahajwalla (Rebroadcast)

Professor Veena Sahajwalla is also known as "the waste queen" and the inventor of the world's first e-waste micro factory. Her mission in life is to find new ways to deal with our massive waste problems. Her ideas of reviving waste gained huge popularity through the successful tv-program "war on waste". In this episode she shares her story from her childhood in India to becoming a recycling guru and professor at the University of NSW. Here you can find out more about Veena´s work: This Episode of Talking Australia is hosted by Angela Heathcote (Digital Producer at Australian Geographic) and produced by Ben Kanthak ( You can also

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How an inventor is fighting the war on waste: Veena Sahajwalla (Rebroadcast) is an episode from Talking Australia by Jay Walkerden.

This episode is 33:13 long.

This episode was published on Nov 22, 2021.

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