Circularity Principal, Matthew Whelan is a specialist with many years devoted to emerging waste management systems and recycling practices. From his previous senior and executive roles, his expertise includes recycling, waste management service benchmarking, landfill management and new processing technologies.
 
Matthew’s knowledge spans all waste streams and their respective supply chains. In addition to Municipal and Industrial waste, he was part of the highly successful team responsible for the introduction of construction and demolition (C&D) materials recycling in Australia. Concrete and demolition waste were once a large contributor to our landfills and is now broadly recycled and reutilised in construction. He has also experience in food and green waste recycling into high quality organic mulch products for agriculture and horticulture markets.
 
In the municipal waste stream, Matthew oversaw one of the first Australian household waste recycling systems based  in Canberra.
 
Recently, Matthew was part of the Senior Management Team responsible for the waste management, recycling services and maintenance of the city of Melbourne and other local government communities.

Can we make a difference?

Victorians are producing 12 million tonnes of waste a year, which is creating problems in many parts of the sector that will only compound in the future as the volumes of waste increases with population growth.

A Circular Economy will:

• Increase the value of natural resources
• Hold and improve Victoria’s current recycling rates as volumes grow
• Establish resilient waste and recycling systems
• Increase value from recovered materials
• Increase jobs
• Reduce waste and waste pollution
• Reduce carbon impact on the environment