Mugga Lane Landfill Gas Project (Revoked)

Mugga Lane Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas project located at the Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre in Symonston, approximately 10km south of the Canberra CBD in the Australian Capital Territory. It was registered in November 2012 and operates within the ACT's primary waste management facility. The surrounding regional land use primarily consists of broadacre rural properties and nature reserves, including the Callumbrae and Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserves. The Canberra region typically experiences a temperate climate with moderate, fairly evenly distributed rainfall, and the local soils are generally characterised by Chromosols, Kandosols, and shallow Tenosols set over Silurian Volcanics.

Landfill gas projects involve the capture and combustion of methane generated by decomposing organic matter in a landfill. By flaring the gas or using it to generate electricity, these projects prevent potent greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere. This project specifically involves the continuing operation of a landfill gas collection system operating under legacy or non-legacy waste methods.

Originally registered under a Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodology for legacy waste, the project transitioned to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015 in September 2015. Notably, gas captured at the Mugga Lane site has historically been used to power bioenergy generators managed by the project proponent, EDL LFG (ACT) Pty Ltd, producing renewable electricity for the broader energy grid. The carbon project was ultimately revoked under section 29 of the CFI Rule on 19 May 2026.