Circularity & Waste
Make circularity operational — from the boardroom to the loading dock.
Circularity is not a poster, a policy, or a recycling label. It’s a set of practical decisions and systems that keep materials in use, reduce costs and risk, and improve outcomes across your sites, suppliers and people.
BC Consulting helps organisations design, procure and implement circularity and waste programs that actually work in the real world — across property, retail, logistics, education and government.
Where we focus
1) Waste prevention and system redesign
Prevention is often the biggest lever — and the most overlooked. We help you identify what’s driving waste and redesign the system to reduce waste at source (processes, behaviours, layout, service design and materials choices).
Typical outcomes
- Lower waste volumes and handling costs
- Fewer operational pain points
- Better consistency across sites and teams
2) Reuse systems that actually run (not just pilot)
Reuse works when the operating model is right: what gets reused, where it’s stored, how it’s returned, who services it, what happens when items go missing, and how people experience the system.
We support reuse in settings such as:
- Hospitality packaging and cup systems
- Offices, education and precinct environments
- Warehousing and logistics operations
- Furniture and small-asset reuse/redistribution pathways
Typical outcomes
- Higher participation (because it’s easy to do the right thing)
- Clear servicing and reverse logistics
- Reduced reliance on single-use over time
3) Better-performing recycling and recovery
Recycling underperforms when the system is messy: inconsistent infrastructure, unclear responsibilities, confusing signage, and mixed messages. We improve performance through practical, site-based improvements that match how your locations operate.
Typical outcomes
- Reduced contamination
- Improved stream quality and recovery
- More credible data and reporting
4) Program design, rollout and embedment support
Circularity programs don’t fail because people don’t care — they fail when rollout doesn’t match reality. We help you design and embed programs that are easy to adopt and hard to break.
Support can include:
- Rapid diagnostics and site walkthroughs
- Stakeholder and operator engagement
- Pilot design and evaluation
- Rollout planning and embedment support
- Measurement and continuous improvement
How we work
Our style is practical and outcomes-led.
- Understand the system (what’s happening now, what’s in the way, what matters most)
- Prioritise (focus on the changes that will move the needle)
- Design for operations (make it workable for frontline teams and service partners)
- Implement and embed (simple tools, comms and enablement as needed)
- Measure and improve (track performance, tune the system over time)
Who we work with
This work is typically for organisations that manage multiple sites, shared responsibilities, and high-volume waste streams — and need circularity to work operationally (not just look good on paper).
We support teams such as:
- Property and precinct managers (shopping centres, mixed-use, commercial property) managing tenant waste, contracts and shared infrastructure
- Retail and hospitality operators aiming to reduce single-use items and improve back-of-house and customer-facing systems
- Logistics and warehousing sites dealing with packaging, pallets, wrap, consumables and high-throughput operations
- Education providers and large campuses with diverse user groups and complex on-site services
- Government agencies and public-sector sites needing practical, defensible programs that can be implemented consistently
- Venue and event operators where waste prevention and reuse need to work under pressure, at speed
If you’re working across a single site or a network, and you’re trying to reduce waste and embed circular practices in a way that sticks — we can help.
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Nico Grau Molina | Senior Procurement Manager | ISPT Super Fund
“ISPT engaged BC Consulting to review and update our waste and recycling scope across our office and retail property portfolio, to incorporate ISPT's ESG requirements, and introduce circularity principles.
The waste and recycling scope is a key element of our agreement with waste contractors as it sets the overall expectations while including operational details.
It was important for us that the scope was updated by a circularity expert with a holistic and strategic perspective. Furthermore, we required the accompanying KPIs to be based on technically and operationally sound considerations for our portfolio, including alignment with our Flag on the Hill target to 2025 - ‘send zero organic waste from our properties to landfill’.
BC Consulting rapidly understood our requirements, identifying challenges and opportunities and ultimately delivering a refreshed scope, which was successfully incorporated into our new agreements with waste contractors. They created value for ISPT, our investors and their members by bringing best practice into our waste management practices.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this just about recycling?
Do you do hands-on implementation?
Can you work across complex sites and multiple stakeholders?
Circularity only works when it’s designed to fit the way your organisation actually runs — across sites, teams and service partners. We help you connect the dots between day-to-day operations and the outcomes you’re aiming for, so circularity doesn’t become “another initiative” that sits off to the side.
Ready to make circularity operational?
If your circularity goals are clear, but execution is stalling — or you want to move quickly without creating chaos — we can help you design, deliver and embed a system that works in practice.
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