Kimbriki Resource Recovery Project - FOGO Line (Revoked)

Kimbriki Resource Recovery Project - FOGO Line (Revoked) is an aggregated waste diversion project located at Ingleside, approximately 25km north of the Sydney CBD in NSW. It was registered in April 2016 and is based at the Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre. The project covers an unknown area, as the methodology calculates carbon abatement based on processing volumes rather than a specific land footprint.

Source Separated Organic Waste projects involve diverting eligible organic materials from landfills. Standard requirements dictate that the waste must be separated at the point of generation, in this case, Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) from a single waste stream, and transferred to a facility for treatment using eligible technologies, such as enclosed composting. This process prevents the methane emissions that would otherwise occur during the anaerobic decomposition of organics in a landfill.

The Ingleside and Terrey Hills region is a peri-urban area on Sydney's Northern Beaches, predominantly known for its remnant bushland, acreage properties, and light industrial land uses like resource recovery. The area experiences a temperate, high-rainfall climate typical of coastal Sydney. Soils in this region are generally shallow sandy loams derived from Hawkesbury sandstone, though the project site itself sits on a highly modified dry landfill that has been operating since 1974.

An interesting note about this project is that it was originally awarded an Emissions Reduction Fund contract in April 2016 for 17,940 tonnes of abatement. However, this contract lapsed in September 2017 with no deliveries made to the Commonwealth. The project was subsequently revoked in June 2020 under section 30 of the CFI Rule. The project's proponent, Kimbriki Environmental Enterprises Pty Ltd, operates the resource recovery centre on behalf of its local government shareholders, the Northern Beaches Council (96%) and Mosman Council (4%). Despite the carbon project's revocation, the facility successfully recycles over 80% of its incoming waste.