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AMS-III.AJ — Recovery and recycling of materials from solid wastes

About this methodology

Projects recover materials from municipal waste and recycle them into usable products. The method measures emissions avoided by displacing virgin material production and, where applicable, waste decomposition.

Issued by
CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
Version
9.0 · source ·
Status
Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Recycling
Official page
cdm.unfccc.int ·
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How methodology v3 reads projects of this type

What CarbonMeld reads

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    Grid emission factor: the methodology sets rules for it. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-AJ-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.AJ v09.0 Leakage para 44, p. 17). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-AMS-III-AJ-LEAKAGE

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  • A confirmed investment analysis A-INVEST

    The documents show a project-level additionality test, the validation confirmed it, and it is an investment analysis (a numeric test of the project's finances with and without carbon revenue).

Set by the methodology or the programme, not assessed by our current method

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    Sustainability of the feedstock: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (AMS-III.AJ v09.0 para 11, p. 6). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-AJ-FEEDSTOCK-SUSTAINABILITY

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  • not assessed

    Social safeguards and consent of communities (FPIC): any such rules come from the programme, not the methodology. Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-AJ-SAFEGUARDS-FPIC

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Not applicable to this type — never a gap in our current method

The criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.

The general rules apply as well. Read the general rules.

The rules of methodology v2.2, as they were: the archived v2.2 page.

History and transitions

Its revision: VMR0007

This methodology revision applies to CDM small-scale methodology AMS-III.AJ.

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All 11 versions

  • v09.0adopted 8 Sept 2022source

    Include applicability conditions and default values of specific fuel consumption (SFC) and specific electricity consumption (SEC) for the recycling of polyvinylchloride (PVC).

  • v08.0adopted 9 Sept 2021source

    Ensure consistent methods in determining the emission factors associated with the consumption of fossil fuel and with the consumption of electricity in the production of virgin plastics.

  • v07.0adopted 31 Aug 2018source

    Update the default values.

  • v06.0adopted 4 May 2017source

    Broaden the applicability to cover recovery and recycling of metals (aluminium and steel) from waste collection systems.

  • v05.2adopted 12 Aug 2016source

    Editorial revision to correct the year in paragraph 11.

  • v05.1adopted 5 Aug 2016source

    Editorial revision to include information on mandatory and conditional sectoral scopes under section 2.4, paragraph 12.

  • v05.0adopted 22 Jul 2016source

    Broaden the applicability of container glass.

  • v04.0adopted 23 Nov 2012source

    Includes inclusion of Polypropylene (PP).

  • v03.0adopted 15 Jul 2011source

    Includes: Inclusion of accounting avoided methane emissions for recycling of paper and cardboard; Inclusion of simplified requirements such as the use of default values for project emissions for the informal waste sector; and Elimination …

  • v02.0adopted 18 Feb 2011source

    Inclusion of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET).

  • v01.0adopted 26 Mar 2010source

    Initial adoption.

Projects using AMS-III.AJ

Browse 34 published projects using AMS-III.AJ, listed alphabetically. There is no ranking for this methodology yet: it appears here automatically once 5 of its projects not in the pipeline or under validation are rated. Open a project to view its registry details and the analysis available for that project.

Which registries list projects under AMS-III.AJ?

In CarbonMeld's data, AMS-III.AJ projects are on 6 registries: Verra (25), Gold Standard (5) and CDM (1), and 3 more. Being listed on a registry is not the same as being registered: the «Registered» column counts the projects each registry shows as registered, and credits are issued only after each verification.

RegistryProjectsRegisteredProjects list
Verra (VCS)2515See the list
Gold Standard (GS)53See the list
CDM (UNFCCC)10See the list
CerCarbono (CC)11See the list
Global Carbon Council (GCC)10See the list
Universal Carbon Registry (UCR)10See the list

Counts of project records in CarbonMeld's data, with or without a CarbonMeld analysis. «Registered» counts the records whose current registry status is «registered», as last read (14 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.

5 of these projects have no number: additionality, quantification or both have no public grade of their type of project that applies to them yet. Their pages show the analysis.

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