$200m tipped into landfill firms by government's Direct Action dubbed a 'waste'

By Peter Hannam
Updated June 30 2016 - 3:14pm, first published June 29 2016 - 6:26pm
Australia's landfill sites are big sources of greenhouse gases that have turned out to be rather lucrative. Photo: Graham Tidy
Australia's landfill sites are big sources of greenhouse gases that have turned out to be rather lucrative. Photo: Graham Tidy
AGL, one of the big three landfill operators, collected $14 million from taxpayers for no additional climate action. Photo: Rob Homer
AGL, one of the big three landfill operators, collected $14 million from taxpayers for no additional climate action. Photo: Rob Homer

The country's biggest operators of landfills have pocketed almost $200 million from the Abbott-Turnbull government's Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) without having to prove the funds reduced their greenhouse gas production.