Emissions from Waste
The waste sector accounts for around 3 per cent of Australia’s emissions. Around 80 per cent of waste sector emissions are from solid waste, with the remainder from waste water (around 20 per cent) and solvent and clinical waste incineration (contributing less than 1 per cent of waste emissions).
In general, the Scheme will cover landfill facilities that emit 25 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.
However, to avoid waste displacement from covered to uncovered sites, a lower participation threshold of 10 000 or more of carbon dioxide equivalent a year will apply to landfill facilities that are operating in proximity to another operating landfill facility (within a distance to be determined)
This participation threshold will return to 25 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, 10 years after the site closes.
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