Samantha Sharpe – The Conversation

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April 12, 2022

To make our wardrobes sustainable, we must cut how many new clothes we buy by 75%

Samantha Sharpe, University of Technology Sydney; Monique Retamal, University of Technology Sydney, and Taylor Brydges, University of Technology Sydney

The environmental footprint of the fashion industry is rising rapidly. Drastic changes are needed to make the sector more sustainable and equitable.

The main street of Cobargo, NSW, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Sean Davey/AAP

January 31, 2020

Disaster hits small business in many ways. We need a national strategy to help them adapt

Samantha Sharpe, University of Technology Sydney

Small businesses are disproportionately affected by natural disasters. To improve community resilience, we need to help them ‘build back better’.

Migrant workers break apart blocks of pressed plastic bottles at a recycling plant in Thailand. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

January 29, 2019

Here’s what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore

Monique Retamal, University of Technology Sydney; Elsa Dominish, University of Technology Sydney; Le Xuan Thinh; Nguyen, Anh Tuan, and Samantha Sharpe, University of Technology Sydney

Since China stopped accepting Australia’s recyclable plastic, the majority of exported plastic waste is now going to developing nations in South East Asia.

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