Page 1932 - Week 05 - Thursday, 16 May 2019
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(3) Fugitive emissions are accounted for in the ACT Greenhouse Gas inventory, which is prepared annually by an independent consultant. Fugitive emissions for the ACT are calculated based on “Unaccounted Gas” from the distribution network, currently estimated as 1.7% of natural gas consumption. This is detailed in section 5.6 of the Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement Method) Determination 2017. These emissions form a relatively small component of the total 2017-18 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (0.9%).
Evoenergy actively monitors leakage of natural gas from the distribution network on a monthly basis. Reductions in natural gas consumption through Government programs will likely result in a further decline in fugitive emissions.
(4) Fugitive emissions are included as part of the ACT Greenhouse Gas Inventory along with other sources of emissions. Ongoing climate change policy development identifies measures to reduce all emissions in the manner deemed to have the greatest benefits to the ACT community.
(5) The Government will target fugitive emissions through measures that reduce overall natural gas consumption in the ACT.
(6) The Government does not currently collect data on non-transport use of liquefied petroleum gas. However, the potential to use consumption data in preparation of the 2018-19 Greenhouse Gas Inventory will be considered.
(7) The 2017-18 Greenhouse Gas Inventory states that the commercial and residential waste going to landfill was slightly higher than 2016-17.
Waste to landfill data is from weighbridge records and there was an 8% increase from commercial, and a reduction of 3% from households:
|
In tonnes |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
|
Commercial and industrial |
108,496t |
117,269t |
|
Households |
122,102t |
118,258t |
|
Total from commercial and industrial, and households |
230,598t |
235,527t |
In addition to these waste streams, there was a reduction in construction and demolition waste:
|
In tonnes |
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
|
Demolition waste from Mr Fluffy |
201,972t |
89,954t |
|
Construction and demolition waste (excluding Mr. Fluffy) |
78,721t |
15,449t |
Despite slight increases in the amount of solid waste going to landfill, emissions from solid waste disposal have been decreasing in recent years due to continued increases in the volume of landfill gas captured and burnt at the Mugga Lane and Belconnen landfill gas generators.
(8) No modelling has been undertaken on projected tonnes to landfill for the next five years. The implementation of the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act 2016 (Waste Act) commenced on 1 July 2017. In 2018-19 ACT NoWaste will continue its efforts on licensing all ACT-based waste management facilities, registering all businesses that transport waste in the ACT. The first full year reporting of waste data by all waste facilities and transporters will occur in 2019-20.
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