Good waste management is good for your business!
We can help your organisation cut waste, save money, and reduce environmental impacts with practical, on-the-ground advice and support.
Our Resource Wise Programme
Consumers want to support businesses that care about our shared environment and who are making a difference.
Our Resource Wise Programme is a free initiative to help your organisation cut down on waste, keep resources in use for longer, explore circular solutions and most importantly walk the talk!
The programme consists of five stages for businesses to work through, each stage offering tailored advice, education and support. Along the way, you’ll learn how to shift from a ‘take, make, dispose’ approach to one that focuses on reuse, repair, sharing, and smarter design.
If you’re a school or preschool, we can offer customised advice without requiring you to join the full programme.
Register your interest for the Resource Wise Programme
What’s involved?
Here's a quick overview of the stages, benefits, and what's involved when you join the programme.
Join the Programme
Sign Terms & Conditions document, complete the pre-survey, and nominate two contact people.
Conduct a waste audit
Provide requested information for a waste audit to be completed in your organisation.
Education
Read the Resource Guide to the Circular Economy, which includes circular economy principles and inspiring case studies.
Plan for success
Share waste audit results with your organisation and complete the post-survey.
Introduce new systems
Introduce or improve systems to divert a key waste stream.
Education
Appoint a workplace champion. Attend Resource Wise and/or other relevant workshop.
Plan for success
Share waste audit results with your organisation and complete the post-survey.
Divert waste
Achieve a 50% diversion rate from landfill through recycling, composting and overall waste reduction.
Education
Learn about reuse, repurpose, and repair. Attend workshops and/or presentations.
Community sharing
Share a story or lesson (success or challenge) with us and other businesses within your sector.
Plan for success
Share waste audit results with your organisation and complete the post-survey.
Reduce waste
Eliminate a common waste material and/or introduce circular procurement practices for a specific product.
Divert waste
Achieve a 70% diversion rate from landfill through recycling, composting and overall waste reduction.
Education
Learn about reuse, repurpose, and repair. Attend workshops and/or presentations.
Plan for success
Share waste audit results with your organisation and complete the post-survey, and inspire others by sharing your success in our Resource Wise campaigns.
Reduce waste
Maintain systems that reduce a key waste stream. Continue investigation opportunities to design out waste.
Divert waste
Achieve an 85% diversion rate from landfill through recycling and continue recycling and composting efforts.
Education
Continue to promote reuse, repurpose, and repair. Attend workshops and/or presentations.
Extra project
Work with us to implement a unique project. Examples include:
- Working with other businesses to create a new service or collection system for a material previously sent to landfill.
- Exploring a closed-loop system* for material streams within your sector or region.
*Closed-loop system - a circular process where materials or products are continuously reused, recycled and reprocessed without creating waste.
Download the Resource Wise Programme Brochure for more information.
Resource Wise Programme Brochure (793kb pdf)
How to join
Ready to get involved? Register your interest using the link below.
Register your interest for the Resource Wise Programme