Future Waste Resources Symposium

The Waste Recycling Industry Association Queensland (WRIQ) is pleased to invite you to join us for the 2026 Future Waste Resources Symposium (FWR 2026), to be held on 18 & 19 March 2026 at the Intercontinental Brisbane.

Following on from FWR 2025, this streamlined event has been designed to maintain momentum and foster continued collaboration across Queensland’s waste and recycling sector, bringing industry, government and other stakeholders together to address the most pressing and complex challenges facing Queensland’s waste industry.

The program will focus on four key areas:

• Strengthening collaboration between councils and industry to improve household waste recycling and diversion
• Exploring regional and metropolitan approaches to lift municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling rates
• Providing feedback to the Queensland Infrastructure Plan as part of the State’s Waste Strategy Review
• Understanding the systemic complexities and identifying actionable next steps for real change

The challenges facing our industry are complex, but they also present significant opportunities – for innovation, for economic development, and for positioning Queensland as a national leader in recycling.

We invite you to take part in the Future Waste Resources Symposium and contribute to shaping a more sustainable, resilient and collaborative waste and recycling future for Queensland.