Whylandra Waste and Recycling Centre Landfill Gas Project

Whylandra Waste and Recycling Centre Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture and combustion project located at the Whylandra Waste and Recycling Centre, approximately 15km west of Dubbo in New South Wales. It was registered in April 2014 and covers an unknown area, confined to the regional council's landfill footprint.

Landfill gas projects involve the installation of infrastructure to capture methane generated by the decomposition of organic matter within a waste facility. Standard requirements for this methodology dictate the use of gas wells and piping to extract the biogas, which is then destroyed via a combustion device such as a flare or an electricity generator. This process converts the potent methane gas into less harmful carbon dioxide, preventing it from entering the atmosphere.

The surrounding Dubbo area is characterized by mixed farming, predominantly sheep and cattle grazing alongside cereal cropping. The region experiences a temperate to semi-arid climate with moderate rainfall, and the soils generally consist of red-brown earths, alluvial clays, and sandy loams.

This project transitioned from a revoked Carbon Farming Initiative method to the 2015 Landfill Gas methodology and continues to capture gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste. For small regional landfills like Whylandra, Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) are often the sole revenue source, making the operation of environmental gas flaring commercially viable. Originally initiated by LGI Limited, the project's participant name was varied to LMS Energy Pty Ltd in 2023. As a property, the Whylandra site serves as a broader sustainability hub for the Dubbo Regional Council, hosting progressive resource recovery initiatives such as embedded battery and textile recycling trials.