Western Sydney Waste Diversion Project (Revoked)

Western Sydney Waste Diversion Project (Revoked) is an Alternative Waste Treatment project located near Eastern Creek in Western Sydney, approximately 35 km west of the Sydney CBD. It was registered in May 2015, and while the exact project area size is unknown, the surrounding region is predominantly industrial and commercial, heavily utilised for major waste management, recycling, and resource recovery parks.

Alternative Waste Treatment projects earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) by processing mixed solid waste that would otherwise go to landfill. Standard requirements dictate that the waste must be processed using eligible technologies such as an enclosed composting facility, an anaerobic digester, or process engineered fuel manufacture. This process avoids the release of methane emissions from decomposing organic waste.

The Eastern Creek area of Western Sydney generally experiences a moderate, temperate climate with an average annual rainfall of approximately 806 mm. Situated on the Cumberland Plain, the soils in this region are typically of the Blacktown soil landscape, which is characterised by moderate to low fertility clays and shale-derived soils.

This specific project's activities involved constructing a new facility to divert mixed solid waste from landfills and process it using enclosed composting technology. Managed by Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd, the project was contracted by the Clean Energy Regulator in November 2015. It successfully completed its carbon abatement contract (CAC102379) on 7 September 2023, delivering 95,000 ACCUs to the Commonwealth. Following the fulfillment of its contract and the eventual expiration of the 2015 Alternative Waste Treatment method, the project was officially revoked under section 30 of the CFI Rule on 7 April 2026.