In addition to delivering approximately 175,000 tonnes of emissions reductions annually to help take urgent action to combat climate change (SDG 13), the project delivers a number of other sustainable development benefits. These include:
- Affordable and Clean Energy: The primary activity of the project is in creating an expansion of a landfill gas and collection system that collects LFG and destroys it in engines to produce electricity. Utilising waste to create electricity is an important activity in diversifying energy supplies and increasing the share of sustainable energy resources. Without the project LFG would be released from the landfill into the atmosphere, although some methane is oxidized by soil bacteria. As methane is 25 times more impactful on climate change, when compared to carbon dioxide, the combustion of LFG controlled by the project destroys the methane in the LFG resulting a reduction of net CO2e emissions.
The project has won various awards including the 2012 Gold Excellence Award for Landfill Management by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and Audubon New York’s Donald G. Colvin Conservation Award.
