Active 14 June 2019
Outcome Label
Eligibility
Reductions
1. Energy (renewable/non-renewable)
13. Waste handling and disposal
AMS-III.G applies to project activities that capture and combust methane from landfills (i.e. solid waste disposal sites) used for the disposal of residues from human activities including municipal, industrial, and other solid wastes containing biodegradable organic matter.
Market Labels
AMS-III.G., v9.0-10.0 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 AMS-III.G. 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 AMS-III.G. 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 AMS-III.G., v9.0-10.0 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)