Four landfill gas generation companies have told independent Senator David Pocock that they are open to tighter restrictions on the volume of credits that their projects earn.
The bioenergy industry association has told the federal government that its proposed rules on earning carbon credits by producing biomethane from organic waste are too strict.
In a move that would strengthen the economic case for food and garden organic waste collections, a proposed change to the ERF would allow businesses to earn ACCUs by producing biomethane from organic waste.
Energy from waste projects should be allowed to earn carbon credits "as a matter of urgency", according to the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association.