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Reliance Composting Project in Cape Town

Standard
VCS
Methodology
AMS-III.F (CDM)
Registry
VCS-1817 ↗ · Issuance requested
Country
South Africa
Credit type
Waste handling and disposal
Developer
Recarbon Ground Trading (Pty) Ltd
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Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 3 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 3.8 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Analysed on 3 Sep 2026medium confidence

evidence: 27/27 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

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How this analysis was made

Standard
Verra (VCS) How our current method reads projects of this standard
Methodology
AMS-III.F How our current method reads projects of this type
Our method
CarbonMeld methodology v2.1 · analysed on 3 Sep 2026 · 27/27 registry documents analyzed · re-assessment under v2.2 pending

Analysis

The Reliance Composting Project has confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but is burdened by over 30 material findings and corrective actions, a 0% leakage deduction with no justification, a flagged double-counting risk from prior registrations under TUV NORD and Credible Carbon, and numerous data inconsistencies between the monitoring report and the ERR spreadsheet. The project is under-delivering relative to ex-ante estimates (12.7% lower), which is conservative but reflects an optimistic baseline. Overall, the volume and severity of unresolved quality issues significantly undermine confidence in the credit's integrity.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 3 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 27 registry documents (27 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: project sector

    Covers: the project type, not a label on individual credits

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label · read on 1 Nov 2026

    Covers: this project's credit records as read on the registry

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Credit VintagesExhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2018
35,81935,8190
2019
85,01385,0130
2020
1821820
2021
45,72545,7250
2022
46,72746,7270
2023
46,89646,8960
2024
46,10446,1040
Total306,466306,4660

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2018–2019AMS-III.F v12.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2019–2020AMS-III.F v12.0current version

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2020AMS-III.F v12.0current version

    monitoring report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2021–2022AMS-III.F v12.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  5. 2022–2023AMS-III.F v12.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  6. 2023–2024AMS-III.F v12.0current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AMS-III.F: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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