Wagga Landfill Gas Abatement Facility

Wagga Landfill Gas Abatement Facility is a landfill gas project located at Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of NSW, approximately 450km southwest of Sydney. It was registered in August 2013 and covers an unspecified area, as is standard for facility-based waste projects.

Landfill gas projects involve capturing and combusting methane generated by decomposing organic waste at a landfill. Standard requirements include installing a gas collection system and an on-site flare or power generation system to safely convert the potent greenhouse gas methane into carbon dioxide, thereby mitigating emissions.

The Wagga Wagga area is known for mixed farming, including sheep and cattle grazing, as well as broadacre cropping like wheat and canola. The region generally experiences moderate rainfall, averaging roughly 570mm annually, and the local soils are predominantly red-brown earths and heavy clays.

This project transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method and continues to capture and combust gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Originally partnering with AGL Energy Services Pty Limited, the Wagga Wagga City Council assumed full participant responsibility in 2019. Capturing this landfill gas is a key component of the Council's Corporate Net Zero Emissions 2040 Strategy, addressing the fact that historically 80% of their corporate carbon footprint originated from landfill waste. Furthermore, the project held a Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC216640) for 23,500 units, which was successfully completed in May 2022, and has generated over 61,000 ACCUs overall.