Circular Economy
Tracks
Track 1
| Thursday, September 11, 2025 |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Crown Ballroom 3A & B |
Overview
1. Circular Procurement - A how to guide, Huia Adkins, GHD
2. Maximising Material Lifecycles in Infrastructure - Main Roads WA’s Circular Economy Journey. Rachel Hayton, Talis Consultants and Louis Bettini, Main Roads WA
3. (Re)Love Your Stuff: Stitching Together Fun, Skills & Sustainability for Low-Waste Communities, Rosie Bruce, WMRC
4. Maximising material lifecycle: The GO2CUP Journey towards 2030, Kate Grosso, Go2Cup and Bree Jennings.
20 minutes each speaker, followed by 10 minutes Q&A at the end of the last presentation.
Facilitated by Teresa Belcher, DWER
Speaker
Ms Huia Adkins
Executive Advisor - Sustainability
GHD - Perth
Circular Procurement - A how to guide
Biography
Huia co-creates circular strategy and action. She has 20 years of experience working across private, public and tertiary education sectors in sustainability, circular economy and waste and resource recovery. Huia is also the chair of CEWA, established to act as the circular economy hub for WA .
Louis Bettini
Main Roads Western Australia
Maximising Material Lifecycles in Infrastructure - Main Roads WA’s Circular Economy Journey
Biography
Louis Bettini is Principal Advisor Sustainability in the Strategy team at Main Roads Western Australia. Louis has an Environmental Business Management background and oversees Main Roads’ approach to implementing sustainability both corporately and within major infrastructure projects including facilitating Net Zero Transition and Circular Economy outcomes. Louis is English Speaking Secretary of the World Roads Association Technical Committee 4.5 Decarbonisation of Road Construction and Maintenance.
Ms Rosie Bruce
Communication & Education Coordinator
Western Metropolitan Regional Council
(Re)Love Your Stuff: Stitching Together Fun, Skills & Sustainability for Low-Waste Communities
Biography
Rosie Bruce drives waste education as WMRC’s Communications & Education Coordinator, assisting councils and communities. Formerly at WasteSorted Schools, they brought their teaching and sustainability expertise to school programs. Their impact includes creating education initiatives, launching the Textile Trail festival, and cutting the Town of Claremont’s event waste by 70%.
Ms Kate Grosso
Director
Go2cup
Maximising material lifecycle: The GO2CUP Journey towards 2030
Biography
Kate Grosso is a sustainability advocate and grant strategist who has built GO2CUP into a leading reuse service reducing single-use waste at over 100 events annually. She brings 15+ years’ experience helping communities and councils deliver impactful, circular, and waste-reducing initiatives.
Miss Rachel Hayton
Waste Strategy And Circular Economy Team Lead (western Australia)
Talis Consultants
Maximising Material Lifecycles in Infrastructure - Main Roads WA’s Circular Economy Journey
Biography
Rachel is a Senior Waste Strategy and Circular Economy Consultant at Talis and leads the team in Western Australia. With 8+ years of experience in waste management and resource recovery, she specialises in circular economy strategies, resource recovery initiatives, waste management plans, compositional waste audits and data analysis.
Bree Jennings
Program Coordinator
Department Of Biodiversity Conservation And Attractions
Maximising material lifecycle: The GO2CUP Journey towards 2030
Biography
Bree Jennings is a passionate sustainability advocate, having worked in the waste avoidance & reuse space for many years. With a background in psychology & teaching and more recently working for the state government, Bree brings a unique perspective to this dynamic space. Bree sees the opportunity in every challenge
