Wattle Glen Landfill Gas Project

Wattle Glen Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas project located at the Veolia Wattle Glen Landfill in Blacksoil, approximately 11km northwest of Ipswich and 34km west of Brisbane in Queensland. Registered in February 2014, the exact spatial area of the carbon project is not publicly disclosed. The surrounding Blacksoil area is characterised by semi-rural residential properties, grazing on native vegetation, and large-scale waste management operations. The region experiences a subtropical climate with moderate-to-high annual rainfall averaging around 750–860 mm. Soils in the area are typically deep cracking clays and vertosols, known locally as "black soil", which is how the suburb originally earned its name in the 1860s.

Landfill gas projects operate under the Carbon Farming Initiative - Landfill Gas methodology. These projects involve installing or upgrading gas collection systems to capture and combust methane generated by the decomposition of legacy and non-legacy organic waste. By flaring the methane or converting it to electricity, the project transforms the raw methane into carbon dioxide, preventing a greenhouse gas with a significantly higher global warming potential from entering the atmosphere.

This project transitioned from a revoked early Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) method and has undergone several methodology variations since its inception. Initially developed and managed by Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd, the project participant's name was officially updated to VELMS JOINT VENTURE PTY LTD in May 2026. The project successfully completed its Fixed Delivery contract (CAC254087) under the Emissions Reduction Fund in August 2022, having delivered thousands of tonnes of abatement to the Commonwealth. Interestingly, carbon credits generated by the Wattle Glen Landfill Gas Project have also been purchased by Australian businesses, such as Elgas, to meet their offset requirements for federal Climate Active certification. Furthermore, outside of its carbon abatement activities, the Wattle Glen property is a major regional waste facility widely known as one of the few licensed sites in the greater South East Queensland area approved for safe asbestos disposal.