In July 10, 2000, the Payatas dumpsite residents in Quezon City, Philippines were victims of a disastrous incident that killed 300 people when wastes that were stacked up to 50 feet high came crashing down on the houses and shanties of residents, mostly scavengers, situated near the actual garbage mountains. To make the situation worse, the methane gas emanating from the huge pile caused instantaneous combustion and fire, inflicting burns and inhalation problems. The dumpsite was momentarily closed, but was soon reopened due to the lack of alternatives for a waste disposal area in the National Capital Region. It was then limited to the use of Quezon City. In order to avoid the recurrence of the 2000 Payatas Tragedy, the local government unit (LGU) endeavored to covert the area into a sanitary landfill and identified it as a special development zone. This paved the way for the Biogas Emission Reduction Project - the first registered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) initiative under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the Philippines. In its limited capacity, this paper examines the institutional framework, operational structure as well as the economic and environmental benefits of the Quezon City Biogas Emission Reduction Project by analyzing available information based on Key Informant Interviews and literature. As a public-private partnership case study, the researchers noted its success in terms of timeliness, effectiveness and support garnered from various stakeholders as replicable in other existing sanitary landfills. The team also observed the need to improve the technical capacity of LGUs to monitor and evaluate similar projects.