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Note: The production of the materials on this website was funded by the Australian Government for use by local governments which were part of the Cities for Climate Protection Australia Milestone Support Program that ended on 30 June 2009. Please note that ICLEI Oceania Program and Project support, the Greenhouse Gas Application (GGA) and milestone recognition is no longer available.
These case studies and guides outline and examine the process and outcomes of successful corporate and community waste emission initiatives.
- CCP Waste Emissions Manual: [PDF, 306KB] CCP has created a Waste Manual to assist council staff to develop greater understanding of the relationship between waste and greenhouse gas emissions. This can also be used to assist with the waste sector of an emissions inventory and during the quantification of abatement generated from waste measures.
- Corporate Greenwaste and Recyclable Organics: [PDF, 34KB] Sending compostable material to landfill generates methane gas, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Corporate recyclable organics can result from a variety of municipal operations. This guide outlines the approach necessary to quantify emissions and determine the best way to reduce them.
 - Organic waste
- Organics collection and recovery - Port Macquarie-Hastings: Port Macquarie-Hastings Council is demonstrating innovative approaches to organics collection. From July 2006 Council is offering an Australia's compostable cornstarch bag and kitchen tidy bin system to residents that will complement the establishment of an extended weekly organics kerbside collection service.
- Channeling methane emissions - Lake Macquarie, New South Wales: Lake Macquarie City Council's development at the Awaba Landfill site involveds using a methane flaring process to power a new 8000-megawatt hour power generation facility. Flaring and power generation from the site in the 2006–07 financial year resulted in greenhouse gas abatement of approximately 40,500 tonnes of CO2e – that's equivalent to lighting 54,000 average Australian homes with electricity for a year.
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