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ScoredCARLandfill Gas Capture/CombustionNORTH CAROLINA, USRegistry: RegisteredGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Gaston County Landfill Gas Destruction Project

Developer: Gaston County Solid Waste and Recycling

CAR-475 ↗

#179of 559 in Methane#590of 1692 in United States#354of 883 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.2 / 10 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%.

Analysis

The Gaston County Landfill Gas Destruction Project is a long-running (2008–2028) CAR-registered methane destruction project with a solid combined additionality test confirmed by TÜV SÜD America. However, a pattern of ten material findings spanning 2010–2017 related to flow-meter and methane-analyzer calibration, combined with the absence of any stated leakage treatment or FNRB value, and a low extraction confidence across 96 documents, temper confidence in the credit quantity. The 2024 monitoring period shows claimed and verified ERRs matching at 98,907 tCO₂e, but contradictions in the baseline method description and crediting-period start date across documents introduce data-reliability uncertainty.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Leakage

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Evidence

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

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    CCP-labelled credits

    The registry marks these credits with the Core Carbon Principles label of the Integrity Council.

    Source: registry label

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: registry label

  • 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

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.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
3,7533,7530
2009
66,19329,17337,020
2010
78,97578,9750
2011
67,18467,1840
2012
83,72763,66420,063
2013
84,30384,3030
2014
74,08937,24836,841
2015
71,70671,7060
2016
99,23999,2390
2017
115,98375,06040,923
2018
121,260114,1247,136
2019
114,092114,0920
2020
110,70460,70450,000
2021
100,69317,88182,812
2022
115,19138,04577,146
2023
104,70153,70151,000
2024
98,907098,907
Total1,510,7001,008,852501,848

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1

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