SMRC Waste Composting Facility

SMRC Waste Composting Facility is an alternative waste treatment project located in Canning Vale, approximately 20km south of the Perth central business district in Western Australia. It was registered in May 2013 and covers the operational footprint of the Regional Resource Recovery Centre. The Canning Vale and nearby Banjup areas are known for a mix of industrial operations, commercial centers, and semi-rural residential lots. The region features a Mediterranean climate characterized by moderate winter rainfall, and the local Swan Coastal Plain soils are predominantly sandy.

Alternative waste treatment projects involve diverting mixed solid and organic waste away from traditional landfills. The waste is instead processed at a dedicated facility using technologies such as enclosed aerobic composting. This prevents the anaerobic breakdown of organic matter that occurs in landfills, significantly reducing the amount of methane gas emitted into the atmosphere.

This project is jointly run by Corporate Carbon Advisory Pty Ltd and the Resource Recovery Group (formerly the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council). It originally transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative legacy method and continues to treat mixed municipal waste through its enclosed composting technology. The composting process creates beneficial products that return vital nutrients back to the soil. The project has successfully issued hundreds of thousands of Australian Carbon Credit Units and completed its primary carbon abatement contract (CAC550960) in April 2020.