We want to hear about innovative ideas and projects that go beyond business as usual to solve a waste related problem. We also want to hear about challenges that you or your organisation have tackled that no-one else would go near. 

Urgent action is needed to reduce our carbon emissions and stop the flow of waste being created. Tell us about your efforts to reduce emissions and waste including measuring the whole-life carbon impacts of our waste. Other future focused topics could be on the role of AI in this sector, or how your organisation is preparing for disasters or has learnt from a disaster your organisation has lived through. 

How do we look after our people both physically and mentally? For example, we are interested in knowing if the move to working from home has  affected people’s wellbeing and how your organisation has managed this, or whether burnout is becoming all too common and what your organisation has in place to mitigate this.  We also want to hear from organisations that have experienced a serious incident and have now taken steps to eliminate this risk.

Tell us about issues and initiatives related to vertical (buildings) and horizontal (roadings and other transit related projects) construction, including: soil, the challenges of and solutions to servicing multi-unit dwellings, and how C & D waste is being minimised and diverted. If your organisation is doing something great in that space, share it! 

A place to discuss fast growing but little talked about waste streams such as, soil, hospital or sanitary waste (and no doubt a multitude of others); much talked about but with few solutions yet (such as batteries and textiles) as well as tools that may provide solutions but aren’t yet in place (such as CRS, waste-to-energy).

Any project that had two or more organisations joining forces to get stuff done.  This could include topics such as social and environmental procurement or partnering with community organisations to do things differently.