Measuring & Managing Landfill Emissions

Day 1 Agenda
Tuesday 30th October, 2012

8:30

Registration, coffee & networking

8:50

Opening remarks from the Chair

Adam Faulkner
Coordinator Waste Management
Tweed Shire Council, NSW

8:55

Opening address & welcome

Clover Moore MP

Lord Mayor of Sydney

9:05

The Clean Energy Future Plan

Shayleen Thompson
First Assistant Secretary Land
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

EXAMINING THE CARBON POLICY LANDSCAPE

9:20

The role of the Clean Energy Regulator

Governance (CCA, CER, ACCC, etc.) and implications for landfill owners
Examining the carbon pricing scheme

Michael McDermott
General Manager
Clean Energy Regulator

10:00

Complying with the carbon price legislation

What are the compliance options?
Developing a compliance strategy

Elisa de Wit
Partner
Norton Rose

10:40

Morning tea & networking

11:05

The carbon pricing mechanism & the Clean Energy Act 2011

Methods for ensuring compliance and effective reporting
Should the proximity mechanism be introduced?
Examining the pros versus cons of the proximity rule and implications for local government

Matthew Dudley
Sustainability and Environment
Albury City Council

Elisa de Wit
Partner
Norton Rose

Michael McDermott
General Manager
Clean Energy Regulator

ESTIMATING LANDFILL EMISSIONS & THE CARBON LIABILITY

11:45

Requirements of the NGER (measurement) determination

Monitoring, reporting and verification requirements

Mark Hunstone
Senior representative
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

12:25

Networking Lunch

1:25

Self-assessment to determine carbon liability & landfill carbon fee using NGER

Understanding the waste characterisation and its influence on the carbon profile of a landfill
Process to develop a landfill carbon fee
Implementing appropriate measures

Matthew Dudley
Sustainability and Environment
Albury City Council

2:05

How can local councils use technologies to track & optimise data

Utilising data management systems to ensure effective data capture and reporting

Simon Kalinowski
Managing Director
Mandalay Technologies Pty Ltd

2:45

Afternoon tea & networking

3:10

Strategic business models to manage carbon liability

Identifying principles and overall approach to managing long-term carbon liabilities
Ensuring on-site abatement activities are identified and considered
Assessing whether the CFI is an appropriate part of a business strategy
Determining whether funds or credits could be used to manage longer term costs

Dr. Greg Picker
Associate Director Sustainability and Climate Change
AECOM

3:50

Examining an effecting tool for adjusting your annual carbon charges

Exploring Ron Wainberg’s model for reducing upfront risk
Determining what to charge today to cover your future liabilities

Dr Ron Wainberg
Team Leader, Sustainability - Waste and Resources
Hyder Consulting

4:30

Incorporating carbon in landfill gate fees

Strategies for effectively costing carbon emissions against the gate fee
Managing the liability
What are the key factors to consider?

Matthew Dudley
Sustainability and Environment
Albury City Council

Mike Ritchie
Director
MRA Consulting

Dr. Greg Picker
Associate Director Sustainability and Climate Change
AECOM

Garth Lamb
Senior Environmental Consultant
Hyder Consulting

Simon Gardner Lee
General Manager, Strategy and Sustainable Development
SITA Australia

5:10

Closing remarks from the Chair & close of day 1

5:20

Networking drinks

Day 2 Agenda
Wednesday 31st October, 2012

8:30

Welcome, coffee & networking

9:00

Opening remarks from the Chair

Jim Straker
Waste Strategy Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Regional Council

9:10

Risk management: Lifetime efficiency of landfill gas systems

Examine international perspectives
Landfill configuration methods
Landfill operating practices and gas system performance

Tom Wetherill
Group Carbon Manager
Transpacific Cleanaway

RISKS OF THE CARBON PRICING MECHANISM FOR LANDFILL OPERATORS

9:50

Landfill carbon pricing: Revenue & risk

Examining the current state of pricing of landfills in the market
Exploring four distinct pricing models
Identifying reasonable versus unreasonable price adjustments to carbon

Mike Ritchie
Director
MRA Consulting

10:30

Round Table Discussion

11:10

Morning tea & networking

11:40

Reforestation as a natural hedge to mitigate future Carbon Price risk

Reforestation under CFI
Alignment between landfill emissions profile and sequestration through reforestation
Worked Example

Ryan Warburton
Commercial Manager
CO2 Australia

12:20

Taking an enterprise wide approach to managing risks

Integrating key risks related to landfill sites in to your overall organisational processes

Professor Nava Subramaniam
Director, Centre for Sustainable & Responsible Organisations
Deakin University

1:00

Networking Lunch

2:00

Responding to the carbon price liabilities

Examining key measures that can be put in place at landfill
Waste minimisation and processing

Adam Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Western Metropolitan Regional Council, WA

2:40

Regional infrastructure opportunities to reduce carbon emissions

Effective landfill gas capture and electricity generation at the regional level
Reducing emissions and carbon costs sustainably

Adam Faulkner
Coordinator Waste Management
Tweed Shire Council, NSW

3:20

Afternoon tea & networking

3:50

Establishing a biochar & waste to energy facility

Identifying issues and opportunities associated with diverting organics from the landfill
Utilising bi products: Biochar and singas to offset carbon emissions

Rod Dawson
Manager Water, Sewer & Waste, Civil Services Group
Ballina Shire Council

4:30

Strategies for raising community awareness

Developing media methods to generate awareness about the long term impact of the carbon tax

Robert Verhey
Strategy Environment Manager
Local Government Association NSW

Garth Lamb
Senior Environmental Consultant
Hyder Consulting

Jim Straker
Waste Strategy Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Steven Cantrill
Coordinator Waste Operations
Gold Coast City Council

5:10

Closing remarks from the Chair & close of conference