University Drive Landfill Gas Project

The University Drive Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas recovery operation located at the Bundaberg Waste Management Facility on University Drive, approximately 6 kilometers southwest of the Bundaberg Central Business District in Queensland. Registered in March 2015 by LGI Limited, the project operates within the grounds of the active landfill site managed by the Bundaberg Regional Council.

This project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015. The methodology credits the destruction of methane generated from the decomposition of legacy and non-legacy waste. By installing a new gas collection system, described by the proponent as a "bespoke biogas management system", the project captures methane that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere and combusts it using an ERF-compliant flare. This process converts the potent methane into carbon dioxide, significantly reducing the facility's overall greenhouse gas impact.

The broader Bundaberg region is a major agricultural hub, widely recognized for its sugarcane, macadamia, and small crop farming, supported by fertile red volcanic (euchrozem) soils and sandy loams. The climate is subtropical with a distinct summer-dominant rainfall pattern, often influenced by coastal weather systems. LGI Limited has noted that as a "small regional landfill," there is no strict regulatory requirement to capture biogas at this site; therefore, the revenue from Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) was the critical factor enabling the commercial viability of the gas capture infrastructure.