Our waste and resource recovery specialists can help you deliver circular economy outcomes with sector specific experience in providing advice to government and private sector clients.

We are passionate about driving environmental outcomes, offering the skills of a global professional services firm with the service, culture and innovation of a boutique adviser. Our team has advised clients across small to large scale projects and offer depth of experience with a range of material streams.

Need assistance with a waste and environmental infrastructure project?

Our waste and resource recovery specialists have sector specific experience in providing advice to government and private sector clients, which can help you deliver circular economy outcomes.

The waste hierarchy diagram

Our experience across the industry includes providing advice to help our clients:

Drive circular economy outcomes through offering our significant experience in measuring and analysing actions and policies, from individual organisations to regions and state economies.
Develop waste strategies that help achieve resource recovery targets through undertaking baseline assessments to understand current waste flows, revenues and costs, and developing forward looking waste management strategies.
Increase recycling rates through advising on projects that consider the whole value chain of materials from product design, collection and sorting through to processing and end market uses with experience across container deposit schemes, glass, plastics, paper, and tyres.
Enhance recovery of organic materials through assessing the feasibility, economic costs, and benefits of introducing new or upgraded organics processing infrastructure, as well as helping to procure projects that will increase organics recovery and support landfill diversion.
Develop pragmatic solutions for truly residual waste through advising on infrastructure projects that seek to manage and process residual waste including potential alternatives to landfill - with a particular focus on Waste to Energy projects – or otherwise target responsible waste disposal.

How BDO can help

BDO can provide financial, commercial, strategic and economic advice throughout the project lifecycle including:

Strategy and Investment Decision Stage

Strategy and policy development
Baseline financial assessments
Options identification and evaluation
Feasibility studies
Business cases (including in accordance with relevant state government guidelines)
Delivery and contract model assessment
Market engagement and sounding
Economic analysis (including Cost Benefit Analysis)
Grant applications and funding advice

Transaction and Procurement Stage

Project due diligence
Procurement advice and tender documentation
Evaluation of tenders
Commercial and financial structuring
Financial modelling and analysis
Financing advice
Performance and efficiency improvement
Stakeholder engagement
Contract negotiations (variations, on expiry)

Contact our team to discuss your needs using the request for service form.
Alternatively, call 1300 138 991 to speak with an adviser in your nearest BDO office.

Meet our team

John Haggett

Partner, Project & Infrastructure Advisory

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Simon Hawker

Director, Project & Infrastructure Advisory

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