Blaxland Landfill Gas Project

Blaxland Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture project located at the Blaxland Waste Management Facility in the lower Blue Mountains, approximately 70km west of Sydney, New South Wales. It was registered in May 2015 and operates within the bounds of the local municipal waste facility.

Landfill gas projects involve installing a gas collection system to capture and combust methane, a potent greenhouse gas generated by decomposing organic waste (legacy and non-legacy), via flaring or electricity generation. Standard requirements under the methodology mandate that proponents strictly measure the volume of methane sent to the combustion device and meticulously account for baseline emissions. This ensures the project only claims credits for carbon abatement that goes beyond standard environmental regulatory requirements.

The broader Blue Mountains region is heavily characterised by natural conservation areas, forestry operations, and residential suburbs. The area typically experiences moderate to high rainfall, and local soils are generally shallow, sandy profiles derived from Hawkesbury Sandstone, alongside some sections of shale-derived clay.

The project is a collaborative partnership between the proponent, LMS Energy Pty Ltd, and the Blue Mountains City Council. It transitioned from an earlier method and officially varied its methodology determination in September 2021 to Compilation No. 1. The project previously held an Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) contract, which was successfully completed in June 2022. Interestingly, while the gas capture system itself has successfully mitigated thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (with LMS estimating 15,000 tCO2e abated early in its lifecycle), the wider Blaxland facility faced an environmental setback in early July 2026 when the local council was fined $30,000 for a significant leachate spill into nearby Cripple Creek.