Active 14 June 2019
Outcome Label
Eligibility
Reductions
1. Energy (renewable/non-renewable)
13. Waste handling and disposal
ACM0001 applies to project activities that include the destruction of methane emissions and displacement of a more GHG-intensive service by capturing landfill gas from landfills. Captured gas is destroyed by:
- flaring; and/or
- using to produce energy (i.e. electricity, thermal energy); and/or
- using to supply consumers through a natural gas distribution network, dedicated pipeline, or trucks.
Please note:
- ACM0001 Flaring or use of landfill gas is Active until 30 November, 2026
- VMR0016 Flaring or Use of Landfill Gas (ACM0001 Revision) replaces ACM0001, which will be inactivated as a standalone methodology under the VCS Program on 1 December 2026.
- Projects seeking registration or crediting period renewal under ACM0001 v19.0 must submit a registration request or crediting period renewal request by 30 November 2026.
- Projects may continue to use the applied methodology version for the remainder of the project crediting period and update to the most recent version of VMR0016 at their next crediting period renewal.
- Projects using CDM TOOL32 must have been listed as “under validation” on the Verra Registry by 21 November 2025 and must submit a registration request by 31 May 2026.
Market Labels
ACM0001, v15.0-19.0 has been approved by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) as meeting the requirements of the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) Assessment Framework. Please note that to receive CCP labels for the credits they generate, projects using ACM0001 must meet certain conditions. A guidance document outlining Verra’s process for CCP labeling, the ICVCM CCP Label Guidance (PDF), is available on the VCS Rules and Requirements page.
All projects using ACM0001 that intend to request CCP labels at issuance must have a completed CCP Eligibility Verification Report Checklist Template (.docx) attached as an appendix to the project’s Verification Report. Where VCUs have been issued from projects using multiple methodologies, only VCUs from projects solely using CCP-approved methodologies are eligible for CCP labels.
Per the ICVCM decision (external), only projects that are using ACM0001, v15.0-19.0 and that are complying with the following additional criteria are eligible for CCP labels:
- If they are landfill gas projects, they do not generate electricity
- If they are landfill gas-to-electricity projects, their capacity is equal to or below 10 megawatts electrical (MWe)