Revision to VM0016, Recovery and Destruction of Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS) from Products, v1.1 and VMD0048, Activity Method for the Determination of Additionality for Recovered and Stockpiled ODS Refrigerant Projects, v1.0.

VM0016 v1.1 quantifies GHG emission reductions from activities that recover and destroy ozone-depleting substances (ODS) from products where a partial or total atmospheric release of ODS occurs in the baseline scenario. Project activities can be implemented in Montreal Protocol Article 5 and Non-Article 5 countries. Project activities may recover and destroy ODS refrigerants, ODS blowing agents, or both.

The proposed revision to VM0016 v1.1 includes additional ODS sources eligible for destruction and expands the eligibility of stockpiled materials.

Verra is leading the development process for this methodology and has hired ICF (opens on external site) as the developer (see Section 2.1.1[2] of the Methodology Development and Review Process, 4.2 (PDF). The proposed revision is currently at “Step 4: Public Stakeholder Consultation” of the VCS Methodology Development and Review Process (PDF).

The consultation for this proposed methodology revision and associated module revision (M0171) is open from September 5, 2025 to October 6, 2025. Verra is accepting feedback through its new digital public consultation platform, which is hosted on the Verra Project Hub. Comments may be submitted electronically via the online form by 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12) on October 6, 2025. If you experience issues using the digital public consultation platform or have feedback on it, please contact hubsupport@verra.org.