We want to solve your rubbish problems
Waste is a problem. We love problem solving. Our industry is complex.
We help others navigate the complexity.
Our Goal
We bring together experienced and passionate waste industry professionals and give them an opportunity to deliver best practice to the areas of waste business that are often overlooked. We are a remote team with members operating from different corners of Australia and support operations located across the country.
Our Background
Our backgrounds are in commercial waste, local government, corporate finance and governance, business administration, and waste education. We pride ourselves on embracing any opportunity to work with the best; be it expert collaborators, flexible part-time parents or full-time waste and industry fanatics.
MEET THE TEAM
Lacey Webb
Lacey Webb has 15 years’ experience in Waste & Resource Recovery and as a CPA and industry CFO, is dedicated to leading our company values and delivering targeted solutions to our clients and to the clients of the consultancy firms that we service across Australia.
Furthermore, Lacey is one of Australia’s foremost authorities on waste levy regulation across Qld, NSW, Vic and WA, and is a leader in defining and implementing data and process standards across the industry.
She also is a keen collector of bright red shoes.
Chloe Rhoades
Chloe has recently joined Resource Hub to head up the Gatehouse, Systems & Data (GSD) team. She has over 9 years experience in state and federal regulation and compliance, and a Masters in Environmental Science.
Chloe began working on Waste Levy administration in Feb 2019 for the implementation of the QLD Waste Levy.
Impressively leading the data and reporting team and assisting other DES business areas to:
- Understand and analyse waste levy data
- Solve complex operational policy issues
- Assisted in the development of compliance activities and data review tasks
Chloe is passionate about taking the stress and confusion out of the waste levy and providing advice and guidance around data and compliance.
Jess Aitken
Jess Aitken is an award-winning (WRIQ Waste Administrator of the Year) Waste Management and Finance professional with 11 years in commercial resource recovery and concrete recycling, within both operations and corporate office roles.
Additionally, Jess’ broad-ranging skills in this industry include system training and data analysis, with experience as an implementation consultant and trainer with Australia’s leading waste management technology firm.
Jess is Gold Coast based, supporting Councils all over Australia, while studying for her accountancy degree.
Oscar Gallagher
Proud to have been in Local Government Waste Operations for over a decade, Oscar Gallagher has transitioned his career into consultancy, leveraging his experience in operations management across the WARR sector to support Resource Hub client outcomes. Oscar boasts an education in Environmental Science and Management with tenures at Newcastle, Wollongong and most recently Upper Hunter Shire Council(s) in Environmental Compliance, Waste Operations and Management roles. He is passionate about optimising WARR, and sharing learnings broadly across the sector.
Megan Anstice
Megan Anstice has extensive experience in busy project management teams in both government and private sectors in Australia as well as the UK and is indispensable in supporting the Resource Hub team and our clients.
Megan wrangles the varying demands of the business and provides administration, operational and project support to the team. If you need stuff done, Megan is your gal!
She is a passionate environmental warrior and is often found shopping at zero waste stores for recycled earrings.
Kylie Olden
Brody Phillips
Brody joins the Resource Hub fresh out of university and filled with enthusiasm. Studying a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Business Management and a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting. Brody will be assisting the team with data and finance administration, as well as manning the Resource Hub customer service hotline, to make sure we are here with answers and solutions when your business needs us.
Additionally Brody supports our clients and the team with their accounts payable, receivable and financial process needs.
Anne Unwin
Anne came to us as a recommendation from our industry network as “a person who just sorts sh*t out”. And she sure does! She supports key WARR industry clients who need a dedicated set of hands to deliver their regular customer service, diversion reporting and invoicing processes. Her role is a great representation of our Admin-as-a-Service offering, working 20 hours per week to deliver the role of Project Coordinator for one of Australia largest social enterprises in the waste space.
Anne works across both the GSD team and consulting, supporting clients in tender writing, infrastructure & bin management programs and EPA/DES applications & reporting. She is the ultimate extra set of hands!
COLLABORATORS
Lytton Advisory
Lytton Advisory is an Australian-owned advisory service offering expert analysis and advice to firms and governments on capital strategies. They understand the Waste management industry both in Australia and South Pacific and support our team at Resource Hub to deliver financial and economic modelling to clients, particularly council clients. Their ability to provide high quality, objective, independent, informed and practical advice, broadens the high-quality skill set that we are able to bring to the waste sector.
Mandalay Technologies
Mandalay Technologies is Australia’s leading provider of weighbridge software and data management systems for the waste and resource recovery industry.
The right data is critical to the success of an organisation, as are the processes that utilise and audit that data.
We collaborate with Mandalay to support councils, commercial facilities and communities across Australia to ensure that this data is supported by best practice business processes and alignment with regulatory requirements. We also work closely with Mandalay in supporting disaster response for their clients.
Terra Sana Consultants
Terra Sana Consultants is an environmental consulting firm with a focus on environmental sampling and monitoring, and an innovative approach to solving the modern world challenges, including drone landfill gas detection.
We love working with them to provide holistic audits to clients, where Terra Sana’s work in monitoring, scientific sampling, and process to regulatory compliance from the perspective of material classification, is complemented by Resource Hub’s audits of gatehouse functions, business and operational process, as well as recommendations regarding regulatory compliance.
In Numbers
64
LGA’s we support
92
Projects we’ve worked on
4M+
Weighbridge tickets audited
300+
Waste sites visited
12
Languages
OUR FOCUSES AS A BUSINESS
More Business, Less
Waste
We see that business process is often an opportunity wasted within facilities and waste conscious organisations, and we are the experts who can help.
Collaboration
We don’t want to re-invent the wheel – we value the skills and experience of others and also how we can work with them to improve our industry!
Knowledge
We are hungry to learn more and are passionate about sharing what we know – to help others navigate the complexity of the resource recovery sector.
People & Process
We bring people and process together with industry expertise to make organisations more effective
Authenticity
We know who we are, we focus on what we’re good at, and we care about our clients’ outcomes.