WHEREAS the Landfill Gas Management Regulation has been brought into force as part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, making local government ineligible for green house gas credits; AND WHEREAS the green house gases created in the construction and operation of a landfill gas collection system may, in certain instances, exceed the carbon foot print saved by putting these systems in place and more economical, more environmentally beneficial methods of reducing landfill gas could be achieved by such methods as diversion, and innovative landfill cover technologies: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM lobby the Province to amend the Landfill Gas Management Regulation to become objective based and allow local governments to reduce landfill gas emissions through diversion, innovation and other means; allow these reductions to be eligible for green house gas credits; and provide grant funding for studies and construction of any landfill gas reduction projects.
Ministry of Environment The Ministry of Environment developed the Landfill Gas Management Regulation under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Emissions Standards Statutes Amendment Act, 2008. This regulation was effective January 1, 2009. There is no intent at this time to revise the Landfill Gas Management Regulation; however there is incentive for many landfills to both capture landfill gas and to divert organic waste away from landfills. In addition, the Pacific Carbon Trust will assist the landfills installing capture systems to sell their carbon emission offsets.