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ScoredCARLandfill Gas Capture/CombustionCALIFORNIA, USRegistry: Crediting endedGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Recology Hay Road LFG

CAR-496 ↗

#190of 550 in Methane#612of 1689 in United States#395of 949 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)

Crediting ended

The crediting period has ended. Credits already issued exist; no new ones will be issued unless the crediting period is renewed.

Climate Action Reserve: “Completed”

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.2 / 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%.

Scored2026-09-20medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2012-12-17

evidence:22/22registry documents analyzed · 3red flags

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Analysis

The Recology Hay Road landfill gas project has a solid additionality foundation (combined test confirmed by First Environment, Inc., capture not legally required) and a measured project-specific baseline, but five separate YSAQMD Notices of Violation during the monitoring period raise operational-compliance concerns. Leakage treatment is entirely absent from the extracted record, and several key MRV parameters (FNRB method, usage monitoring, crediting period) are not stated. The ERR figures match between claimed and verified for the single monitoring period, but a unit ambiguity (46.295 vs 46,295) in the verification report introduces a data-reliability question.

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Double-claim

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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)

    Methodology approved for some versionsCAR U.S. Landfill Protocol

    The Integrity Council approved some versions of this protocol and not others: check which version the project uses before claiming CCP quality.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

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

    Source: project sector

  • 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 Exhausted

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2009
1,0871,0870
2010
41,79341,7930
2011
48,97848,9780
2012
46,29546,2950
Total138,153138,1530

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

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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