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Waste diversion reduces carbon emissions.

At the Carbon Reduction Institute, we offset emissions through various projects; our current one being a waste diversion project in Western Australia.

If you are interested in other options, please contact us.

How we offset carbon emissions

Carbon Credits: South Metropolitan Regional Council’s (SMRC) Landfill Diversion Programme

Certification: Greenhouse Friendly™

Project Summary: The South Metropolitan Regional Council is a joint government authority of 7 local councils in the southern part of metropolitan Perth. It is responsible for developing environmentally sustainable waste management solutions and climate change abatement measures for the communities of Canning, Cockburn, East Fremantle, Fremantle, Kwinana, Melville and Rockingham.

The SMRC’s waste processing facility diverts from landfill the household rubbish of more than 350,000 residents. When the disposal of organic matter to landfill is avoided by composting, methane emissions are abated, as the waste is broken down in the presence of oxygen. This reduces the amount of methane, which is 21 times more potent than CO2, produced.

Assessment Criteria

Financial Additionality: The SMRC’s waste processing facility relies on the revenue from the sale of carbon credits to fund its operations. Without the sale of these credits the construction and operation of the facility would have been unviable and the business as usual scenario of sending this waste to landfill would persist.

Environmental Additionality: The diversion of waste from landfill and the corresponding avoidance of methane production would not have occurred without this project.

Leakage: This project does not result in an increase of emissions elsewhere. An example of this could occur in avoided deforestation where the removal of one section of forest product from the market encourages the destruction of forest in another due to inelastic demand.

Permanence: Once the organic waste has been diverted from landfill and has been composted there is no way that this reduction of methane production can be undone. This project results in the permanent reduction of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Other Benefits: Other benefits of this project are reduced volumes going to landfill, the production of natural fertiliser, and the resulting reduction in need of phosphorous and nitrogen for commercial fertiliser.

To read more about the SMRC Programme, please visit their website.

You can also contact us to find out more about our carbon credits.

Carbon offsets & credits

Offsetting carbon emissions means you counterbalance your carbon by investing in projects that take CO2 out of the atmosphere

Offsetting carbon emissions is a process whereby you purchase carbon credits from programmes which reduce emissions on your behalf.

The carbon credits you buy from the Carbon Reduction Institute come from the South Metropolitan Regional Council’s (SMRC) Landfill Diversion Programme.