From Shopping Bags to Steel

UNSW's commercialisation arm, NewSouth Innovations (NSi) has signed a deal with Australia's largest manufacturer of steel long products, OneSteel, that gives the steel-maker exclusive rights to sub-license unique technology to reduce reliance on coke and coal in electric arc furnace (EAF) steel-making.

Invented and developed by materials scientist Professor Veena Sahajwalla, the technology substitutes up to 30 percent of coke and coal with polyethylene waste plastic, thereby reducing landfills and producing a win for the environment.

Read the full article:
"World first "Green" steel a commercial reality"
http://www.unsw.edu.au/news/pad/articles/2007/nov/OneSteel.html

For information on Materials Science and Engineering, go to www.materials.unsw.edu.au/

Contact:
Veena Sahajwalla | +61 2 9385 4426 | veena@unsw.edu.au

UNSW Media:
Dan Gaffney | +61 411 156 015 | d.gaffney@unsw.edu.au
Louise Williams | + 61 9385 6986 | +61 407 061 209 | louise.williams@unsw.edu.au

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Science & Technology

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• UNSW
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• steel
• plastic
• Veena
• Sahajwalla
• One
• Steel
• NSi

[unsw]

Yes, it is Rooty Hill. I nearly jumped out of my shoes when filming it. The blast from that furnace! It's an amazing experience that site.

[Scrubsz84]

Yes we did. We also learnt how to spell steel :)

[hipstarchild]

very interesting vid.

Thanks for sharing it.

[AustralianScience]

Great and promising! Good job! :)

[slueth88]

Plastic and rubber as a resource , that is good.

[ciceromatrix]

THIS LADY BRINGS A LOT A LOT OF PRIDE TO WOMAN

[Trinitrotoluo]

You need to pay attention! why would putting a bag in a furnace be an innovation? cuz they get STEEL from it!!!!!!! and not steal-.-'

[myso2008]

so putting plastic bags into that furnace is a innovation ?

anything that has carbon on it can be made into steal !

didnt you people learn this in school ?

[RODALCO2007]

Great video ! thanks for showing it, makes good sense to use waste plastic and reduce your power bill at the same time.

[dromike10]

shes excited for the cashhhhhh big time