Interwaste Landfill gas Grouped Project

Audit Analysis

The Interwaste Landfill Gas project in South Africa is a registered VCS project with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but it is weighed down by a long history of recurring MRV deficiencies (delayed calibrations, default flare efficiencies, documentation inconsistencies) and a baseline characterization contradiction between its verification and monitoring reports. The absence of a buffer pool, a project-specific baseline, and a thin leakage justification limit confidence in the integrity of the credit claims.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline characterization is contradictory: the 2019 verification report describes the baseline as 'measured' while the 2023 monitoring report describes it as 'modeled', raising data-reliability concerns about the baseline calculation.
• ⚠Recurring material findings across multiple verification cycles (2019, 2023) for delayed calibration of flow meters and thermocouples, use of default 80% flare efficiency instead of bi-annual measurements, and late installation of the electricity meter indicate persistent MRV quality weaknesses.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', meaning at least one key document was poorly readable, reducing confidence in the completeness of the extracted record.
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility and CCP status are not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed.

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