Accounting for Waste Management – Our Top 3 Tips

Recently, Resource Hub was lucky enough to have the opportunity to support a Regional Council with preparation of their landfill provision journals as well as full cost price modelling. It was really interesting to see the different approaches taken in local government and the commercial sector when it comes to accounting for landfill airspace and […]

The challenges of operating across multiple states

Last month we had the opportunity to support a specialist waste facility operator to enter a new market, while also helping another to standardise processes across multiple states. One of the areas of support that the new market entry needed was in clarifying the requirements that different states in Australia have in key areas of […]

Victorians! Let’s talk about the Waste Tracker – free factsheet included

We’ve created a free Waste Tracker Factsheet to guide you through everything you may need to know. It’s right below, so click the link to download yours! Any big changes can be accompanied with equally big confusion, and for Victorian Facilities, some big changes have taken effect from the 1st of July in relation to […]

Auditing in waste – It’s not all bin diving.

At Resource Hub we use the word AUDIT a lot, but we don’t mean waste characterisation, or “bin diving”. A waste bin audit is a very specific type of assessment and it’s usually what people think of when someone says ‘waste audit’. You might think of this as bin diving or bin rummaging, imagining little […]

Data regulatory services that really pay off

How confident are you that you’re paying the right amount of waste levy each month? We just saved a Queensland waste facility from paying $5,000 more than necessary on their latest levy return. The Resource Hub team supports facilities to better “own their waste administration” when it comes to Waste Levy, as the reality is […]

The Lord Mayors Business Awards – what being nominated meant to us

It’s the end of another year – the end of our first FULL year in business – and what a year for Resource Hub! Covid provided some challenges, as it did for everyone, and we keenly felt the impact of being a brand new business with other brand affiliations that impacted the industry’s perception of […]

We are Resource Hub, and we solve your rubbish problems.

Being a start-up can come with its challenges when it comes to effectively articulating why we do what we do, what services we offer our clients, and what our focuses are. We think that we have nailed it in this short 1:30 min video. If we were to boil it down to a couple paragraphs, […]

Remote Admin – Who is monitoring and managing all of your systems and processes? 

Overseeing the front-end processes and systems of your waste management facility efficiently – including your transactional systems, financial processes, and administrative functions – can help you reduce costs, make informed decisions and stay on top of compliance requirements. However, often this responsibility falls across an entire team,  with multiple people assigned different duties but not […]

Defrauded Facilities: The $400,000 Question

During 2018, I undertook an operational assessment and governance review for an Australian waste management facility operator to prepare for broad ranging industry changes. Fraud Case StudyThis was one of the 163 waste facilities assessed in a case study that spanned just over 12 months. The nature of the facilities assessed was broad. It included […]