Recycling revolutionary Veena Sahajwalla turns old clothes into kitchen tiles | Australian Story

Scientist and NSW Australian of the Year Veena Sahajwalla is a recycling superstar with some bold new ideas about how to save waste from landfill. Subscribe: Inspired walking the streets of her Mumbai neighbourhood as a child, Veena observed almost everything was reused and "nothing was wasted". This can-do attitude shaped her engineering career and sowed the seeds for some ground-breaking ideas, including making steel from car tyres. Now she's unveiling her latest invention, a "micro factory" that creates building materials and tiles from dumped clothes and glass. It’s a revolutionary concept. But will it work outside the lab? #VeenaSahajwalla #AustralianStory​​ #GreenSteel #GreenCeramics Read more: ___________________________________________________________ Watch more Australian Story documentaries here: You can also like us on F