Wingfield - Veolia ResourceCo Alternative Fuels Diversion from Landfill Project

Wingfield - Veolia ResourceCo Alternative Fuels Diversion from Landfill Project is an alternative waste treatment project located in Wingfield, an industrial suburb approximately 12km north of Adelaide's central business district in South Australia. Registered in January 2013, the specific spatial area size is unlisted as it operates as a facility-based processing site within a commercial and industrial land use zone. The Adelaide plains region experiences a Mediterranean climate characterized by moderate to low winter-dominant rainfall, while the underlying soil types generally consist of coastal sandy loams and heavy clays.

Alternative waste treatment projects reduce greenhouse gas emissions by diverting mixed solid waste from traditional landfills, thereby preventing the generation of methane from anaerobic decomposition. Under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Alternative Waste Treatment) Methodology Determination 2015, this project transports eligible waste to a specialized facility where it is processed and converted into a combustible Process Engineered Fuel (PEF) substitute.

This specific site transitioned from an earlier 2012 methodology that focused on legacy waste and PEF manufacturing. Interestingly, the project successfully secured a Fixed Delivery Carbon Abatement Contract (CAC401610) with the Australian Government via the Clean Energy Regulator in April 2015. This contract was officially completed in August 2022 after delivering 328,890 Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to the Commonwealth.