Cut your waste bill, reclaim value:
Welcome to Sustainable Infrastructure Consulting (SIC)
We help organisations turn sustainability goals into action. Led by Maarten de Beurs, an accomplished environmental scientist with over a decade of expertise in waste management and bioenergy, SIC delivers innovative, practical, and compliant solutions that drive both environmental and economic performance.
From strategic planning and regulatory approvals to waste-to-energy feasibility and circular-economy integration, we partner with councils, industry, and manufacturers to design infrastructure that’s future-ready.
Did you know industrial and manufacturing businesses across South-East Melbourne can save $10k– $30k/per year with an SIC waste-efficiency audit?
Book your FREE 20-minute Waste Health Check today and discover your savings potential.
Industry Experience
Our team draws on extensive experience gained through previous work with both local government and private industry across Victoria. This background gives us a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape, operational challenges, and opportunities within the waste and resource-recovery sector.
Past government collaborations include:
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Boroondara City Council
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Golden Plains Shire
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Moorabool Shire
(Please note: SIC does not currently undertake council contracts.)
Private sector experience includes:
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Major waste and recycling companies
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Water authorities
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Abattoirs and rendering facilities
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Golf courses and sporting precincts
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Manufacturing and processing industries
This breadth of experience enables SIC to deliver practical, evidence-based strategies that support commercial and industrial clients in achieving compliance, efficiency, and sustainability outcomes.
BioEnergy
What we do:
Feasibility studies for waste-to-energy (anaerobic digestion, gasification, biomethane, etc.), project design, procurement & approvals, performance optimisation of existing assets.
Why it matters:
Unlocks energy-value from residual streams, reduces waste disposal costs, generates renewable/low-carbon energy, helps meet environmental/regulatory obligations. Back up with evidence from Australian context (e.g., the role of bioenergy in Australia’s energy mix).
How we deliver:
Leveraging our founder Maarten’s track-record (pioneering AD facility), we bring hands-on engineering + approvals experience to deliver turn-key or advisory projects for industrial clients.
Circular Economy
What we do:
Develop circular-economy frameworks tailored for manufacturing/processing facilities (not just councils), identify resource-reuse loops, by-product valorisation, linkages across supply-chains and local networks.
Why it matters:
Moving from “take-make-dispose” to “reuse-cycle-recover” reduces waste-costs, creates new revenue streams, mitigates regulatory risk and aligns with evolving market/ESG expectations.
How we deliver:
We map your material flows, identify leakage/waste-value, embed commercial models (e.g., product feedstock reuse, symbiosis with nearby processors), and deliver implementation road-maps with measurable KPIs (tonnes diverted, $ saved, emission reductions).We are experts in pushing the boundaries through to implementation of circular economy solutions in a local context, providing real, on-the-ground change in your business, community or municipality.
Waste Strategy
What we do:
Develop robust waste-management strategies for industrial/manufacturing sites — audit of current wastes, procurement of waste services, optimisation of streams, integration of waste-to-energy and circular loops, approvals support.
Why it matters:
Many industrial clients are facing rising disposal costs, regulatory pressure (State/Territory waste policies), and missed opportunities in material value. A good strategy can reduce cost, risk and create value.
How we deliver:
Our free 20-minute Waste Health Check gives you a snapshot of your potential savings ($10k-$30k/year in SE Melbourne) and next-steps; from there we can lead or support full strategy development and roll-out.
Sustainable Infrastructure Consulting
Values Statement
We are committed to innovation, collaboration, integrity, and sustainability, believing that effective waste management is an opportunity to create lasting positive impact on our communities and the environment.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower organisations to achieve their circular economy goals by delivering tailored solutions in waste management and bioenergy, transforming challenges into opportunities for a sustainable future.
Vision Statement
We envision a future where sustainable infrastructure is the standard, and waste is no longer seen as a burden but as a valuable resource that contributes to a thriving, circular economy.