Wattle Glen Landfill Gas Upgrade Project

Wattle Glen Landfill Gas Upgrade Project is a landfill gas upgrade project located at Blacksoil, near Ipswich, approximately 49km west of Brisbane in Queensland. It was registered in October 2024 and covers an unknown area.

Landfill gas projects involve the installation and upgrading of infrastructure to capture methane gas emitted by the decomposition of organic waste. The captured gas is combusted, typically via a flare or an engine used to generate electricity, which converts potent methane into less harmful carbon dioxide and reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The Ipswich and Blacksoil region consists primarily of industrial activities, including waste management facilities and historical coal mining operations, interspersed with peri-urban development and grazing. The area experiences a subtropical climate with moderate annual rainfall of approximately 877mm, and local soils are typically characterised by dispersive cracking clays and texture-contrast soils associated with historical coal measures.

This project upgrades an existing landfill gas collection system to capture and combust gas generated at the landfill from both legacy and non-legacy waste. Interestingly, the Wattle Glen facility originally hosted an earlier, separate landfill gas project registered in 2014, whose Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) were purchased by entities such as Elgas Ltd as part of their Climate Active carbon neutral certification. Additionally, the broader Wattle Glen landfill site serves as one of the licensed waste facilities in the South East Queensland region approved to safely receive and dispose of bonded asbestos. In September 2026, the official project proponent name for this upgrade project was varied from Veolia Environmental Services (Australia) Pty Ltd to VELMS JOINT VENTURE PTY LTD.