The Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of Queensland (Inc) represents all private sector and corporatized contractors whose core business activity in Queensland is contracting to provide essential waste and recycling services including:

	Solid and Liquid waste management, collection and disposal
	Recycling of waste materials, including Kerbside collected recyclables, used timber products, waste used tyres, ferrous and non-ferrous metals
	Secondary Reprocessing of commercial and industrial as well as construction and demolition waste streams
	Operating of transfer stations, landfills including state of the art "Bio Reactors" and "Land Banks".
	Operating renewable power generation plants. The member's investment in the waste and recycling industry in Queensland is significant. Current capital estimates exceed $850 million, and directly we employ in waste and recycling activities more than 4,500 Queenslanders, recycle or reprocess more than 2 million tonnes of secondary products, and, collect, transport, recycle, reprocess manage or dispose more than 5 million tonnes of waste and secondary product annually in the state.