Gatton Landfill Gas Project

The Gatton Landfill Gas Project is a landfill gas capture operation located at the Gatton Landfill on Fords Road, approximately 5 kilometers north of the Gatton township in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley. Registered on March 22, 2024, the project is managed by LGI Limited in partnership with the Lockyer Valley Regional Council. The facility serves as the primary waste disposal site for the region, situated within an area famously known as Australia's "Salad Bowl" due to its intensive horticulture, vegetable cropping, and grazing land use.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015. This methodology incentivizes the installation or upgrade of gas collection systems to capture methane generated by decomposing organic waste. Instead of venting this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, the system captures and combusts it, typically via a flare or generator, converting the methane into carbon dioxide, which has a significantly lower global warming potential. This specific project involves the installation of a new collection system to manage gas from both legacy and non-legacy waste.

The Lockyer Valley region is characterized by a sub-humid, subtropical climate with a summer-dominant rainfall average of approximately 760mm per year. The landscape features fertile black alluvial clay soils derived from basalt, which are critical to the local agricultural economy.

LGI Limited has identified the Gatton site as a key part of its carbon abatement portfolio, with corporate reports confirming the installation of pipework and flares in 2024. The project aligns with the Lockyer Valley Regional Council's Waste Management Strategy 2024-2030, which prioritizes gas capture to mitigate climate change impacts as the landfill approaches its projected capacity around 2032.