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VM0016 — Destruction of Ozone-Depleting Substances and Hydrofluorocarbons

About this methodology

Projects collect refrigerants and other ozone-depleting substances or HFCs from products and destroy them. The method measures greenhouse gas emissions prevented from escaping into the atmosphere.

Issued by
Verra (VCS) · issuer's site
Version
2.0 · source ·
Status
Active at Verra / Verified Carbon Standard · source ·
Climate outcome
Emission reductions
Activity
Industrial gases
Official page
verra.org ·
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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 in some cases. CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-VM0016-GRID-EF

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    Leakage: the methodology sets rules for it in some cases (VM0016 v2.0 section 8.3 Leakage, p. 28). CarbonMeld reads it in the project's documents. CM-F-VM0016-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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    No legal requirement for the activity: the methodology sets rules for it (VM0016 v2.0 section 7.1 Step 1, p. 16). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-VM0016-REGULATORY-SURPLUS

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    Tracking of the end use: the methodology sets rules for it (VM0016 v2.0 applicability 7, p. 9). Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-VM0016-END-USE-TRACKING

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    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-VM0016-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

  • v2.0active from 12 Dec 2025currentsource

    This new version incorporates updates to align it with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which controls ozone-depleting substances globally. Updates include: Inclusion of additional sources and gases for destruction: (1) HFC …

  • v1.1active from 30 Nov 2017 – 31 Dec 2026source

    Updated to account for destruction of unused and stockpiled ODS.

  • v1.0active from 20 Sept 2011 – 29 Nov 2017source

    Initial version

Projects using VM0016

Browse 8 published projects using VM0016, 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 VM0016?

In CarbonMeld's data, VM0016 projects are on 2 registries: Verra (7) and International Carbon Registry (1). 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)72See the list
International Carbon Registry (ICR)11See 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 (15 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.

One of these projects has no number: additionality, quantification or both have no public grade of its type of project that applies to it yet. Its page shows the analysis.

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