Waratah Resource Recovery Project

Waratah Resource Recovery Project is an alternative waste treatment (AWT) project located in the industrial suburb of Pemulwuy, approximately 30km west of the Sydney CBD in New South Wales. It was registered in October 2015, and while the facility's exact area size is unknown, the surrounding region is heavily characterised by urban and commercial industrial land use. The Western Sydney environment is considered to have a moderate rainfall classification, and the local soils are generally heavy clays derived from shale.

Alternative Waste Treatment projects involve diverting mixed solid waste from traditional landfills to specialized processing facilities. Standard requirements under this methodology dictate that the diverted waste must be processed using eligible treatments to prevent the harmful methane emissions that would otherwise be released as the waste decomposes anaerobically in a landfill setting.

This project was set up to construct a new AWT facility that specifically diverts mixed solid waste from landfills and processes it to produce a combustible fuel substitute. Managed by the proponent Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd, the project is actively generating carbon credits. Clean Energy Regulator contract data shows that the project has successfully delivered 228,000 of its 500,000 fixed Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) delivery obligation to the Commonwealth.