Should I use a waste broker or deal direct with haulers?

Nationwide Waste Solutions is Australia’s leading waste management brokerage. We coordinate services across multiple suppliers, turning fragmented waste systems into unified, transparent, and efficient solutions. Here’s how the two approaches compare and why more businesses are choosing to work through a broker.

Working directly with haulers

When you go direct, you deal with individual haulers for each service type: general waste, recycling, organics, grease traps, or sanitary. That can work for small operations with just one or two bins, but it quickly becomes complicated as you scale.

Multiple providers mean multiple invoices, multiple contacts, and little visibility over overall performance or cost trends. Each hauler manages only their piece of the puzzle, leaving you responsible for coordination, reporting, and compliance oversight.

In short: direct service can feel simple at first, but as soon as you add more sites, streams, or vendors, managing it becomes a full-time job.

Working with a waste broker

A waste broker acts as your single point of contact: managing multiple providers, contracts, and waste streams on your behalf. The broker doesn’t own trucks or landfills; instead, they use a national network of approved suppliers to deliver consistent, cost-effective, and compliant service wherever your business operates.

At Nationwide Waste Solutions, that’s exactly what we do. We simplify waste management by combining operational expertise, data visibility, and vendor performance management into one streamlined system. You get the best local haulers without the admin and complexity of managing them all yourself.

The benefits of working through a waste management brokerage

Partnering with a broker like Nationwide Waste Solutions gives your business all the benefits of scale without the hassle of managing multiple suppliers. Our model is built around:

• National reach, local reliability — Services delivered through our vetted provider network, coordinated centrally for consistency and quality.
• Cost transparency — Consolidated data and reporting make it easy to track spend, trends, and savings across all sites.
• Compliance confidence — We manage EPA requirements, disposal tracking, and service documentation on your behalf.
• Simplified admin — One invoice, one contact, one accountable partner for all waste streams.
• Continuous improvement — Regular performance reviews ensure services evolve with your business needs.

The myth: brokers just add cost

It’s a common misconception that using a broker means paying more. In reality, our buying power and data-driven optimisation often deliver lower overall costs than going direct. Because Nationwide manages thousands of services nationally, we negotiate competitive rates and keep providers accountable to performance targets.

We’re not an extra layer, we’re the layer that makes everything work together efficiently.

Ready to simplify your waste management?

Whether you manage five sites or fifty, Nationwide Waste Solutions can help you reduce costs, improve transparency, and remove the stress of dealing with multiple haulers. Our brokerage model delivers the best of both worlds: local service, national consistency, and measurable savings.

Talk to Nationwide today about how a managed waste solution can streamline your operations and unlock hidden value in your current setup.