Wednesday 18th March 2026
Join us for a full-day technical tour, with two tour options to choose from, showcasing some of South East Queensland’s most innovative waste, recycling and resource-recovery operations.
Each bus tour offers delegates a unique behind-the-scenes look at facilities driving improvements in how waste is managed, recycled and repurposed across the region.
All participants are required to wear long pants and enclosed, flat shoes. Lunch and snacks will be provided. We recommend that you bring a hat and sunscreen.
Tour 1: South West
Attendees should assemble in the foyer of the InterContinental Brisbane at 8:45am for a 9:15am sharp departure. The bus will return by approximately 4.30pm.
Salvos Stores Textile Recovery Facility
Visit Australia’s first automated textile sorting and decommissioning facility and see charity retail innovation at scale. This advanced plant uses automation to sort wearable and unwearable textiles, maximise reuse outcomes, and generate clean, fibre-specific fractions for recycling markets. Attendees will gain insight into how strategic partnerships with brands, retailers and recyclers enable higher-value circular outcomes, demonstrating the vital role social enterprises play in delivering efficient, large-scale textile recovery.
BlockTexx® Textile Recovery Facility
This site visit offers an exclusive look inside BlockTexx’s world-first commercial-scale textile recycling facility. Attendees will see how the proprietary S.O.F.T. (Separation of Fibre Technology) process transforms hard-to-recycle clothing and textiles into high-quality recycled polyester (rPET) and cellulose. The tour highlights end-to-end resource recovery, showcasing practical circular economy solutions that divert textiles from landfill while creating valuable feedstock for new manufacturing applications.
Due to radio-frequency equipment on site, visitors with pacemakers must remain in the office area. Entry to the facility is subject to signing a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
ARRC Organics
ARRC Organics operated Phoenix is Queensland’s first purpose built in-vessel composting facility. The facility features controlled atmosphere receival hall, picking station and in-vessel aerated floor composting, all with the aim of minimizing odour emissions and optimizing composting process. This makes it ideally suited to accept FOGO and food wastes of all kinds.
ARRC Organics is continuously working to develop markets in all sectors including the agricultural community, through market education strategy forming partnerships with waste producers from the food production industries to develop products that are in increasing demand for the health of agricultural soils.
Tour 2: North East
Attendees should assemble in the foyer of the InterContinental Brisbane at 9:15am for a 9:40am sharp departure. The bus will return by approximately 4.30pm.
This tour will begin with a scheduled stop at Brisbane Domestic Airport at approx 10:15am to collect delegates arriving on morning flights.
Wildfire Energy
This site visit offers an in-depth look at Wildfire Energy’s patented, world-leading Energy Recovery from Waste technology, designed to deliver the economics of large-scale incineration at a fraction of the scale. Attendees will tour the $10 million pilot plant and learn how unsorted residual wastes, including MSW, C&D and C&I streams, are converted into energy, hydrogen and other biofuels through continuous, 24/7 operations.
Endeavour Foundation E-Waste Recycling Centre
This site visit showcases Endeavour Foundation’s Kippa-Ring Business Solutions site. At this facility, e-waste recycling occurs, where technology recovery and social impact go hand in hand. Attendees will see how NTCRS-eligible e-waste such as printers, computers, monitors, laptops and televisions are dismantled for recycling, with around 93 per cent of materials recovered. The tour highlights inclusive employment in action, where people with disability perform all on-site roles, while delivering certified, high-performing e-recycling outcomes in accordance with the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme.
Infrabuild Recycling
Infrabuild Recycling’s Hemmant facility is one of the largest metal recycling facilities in Qld and is the central processing hub for the businesses ferrous and nonferrous recycling activities. The site incorporates a Lindeman 5000HP Shredder capable of processing up to 20,000MT per month of mixed ferrous scrap and a specialised baler for the processing and containerised export of nonferrous scrap.
Places on each tour are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. For safety reasons, self-drive to tour sites is not permitted. All delegates must travel via the coach from the InterContinental Brisbane.
