University of Auckland

At a glance

University of Auckland is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Turning waste PPE into water and vinegar

A process to convert PPE waste into harmless byproducts is a potential gamechanger to the problem of PPE waste filling landfills and polluting oceans and rivers. Shredded masks, gowns, gloves and plastic safety glasses go into a machine; hot, pressurized water and compressed air are applied; water and acetic acid are the end-products. The PPE-to-liquid […]

University of Auckland · 21 Feb 2022

23 Oct 2019

Fish snack on microplastics

Microplastics are being fed to snapper, New Zealand’s most popular recreational fish species, in a bid to establish baseline data about how fish are being affected. Marine science student Veronica Rotman, working at NIWA’s aquaculture research facility near Whangarei under the supervision of NIWA fisheries scientist and marine science senior lecturer Dr Darren Parsons, is […]