Tonnes of clothes and glass bottle waste are disposed of every year. These resources need to be preserved and re-used as the world's population is expected to increase by 2 billion in the next 30 years by 2050.

Veena Sahajwalla, an IT-trained Indo-Australian scientist and a professor at UNSW Sydney, is well known for her development of Green Steel and Micro-Factory. 

Her innovative thinking has led to the introduction of Green Ceramic, where she and her team use a micro-factory (a machine that helps turn waste materials into new products) to develop high-quality tiles out of second-hand clothes and glass bottles. She believes that instead of cutting marble, the public can use Green ceramics. 

Green Ceramic is not just used in bathrooms and kitchens but also in household furniture too. In addition to softer titles, the team started using jute bags instead of glass as they are stronger.

The innovation helps in recycling waste into new products and in the process reduces waste pollution, as well as helps in the conservation of resources.

Through professor's developments and achievements, Australia can achieve a zero-waste economy.

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