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Re-assessment pendingCAROrganic Waste CompostingUSRegistry: RegisteredCAR-US-COMPOSTING

Cedar Grove Composting

Developer: ClimeCo LLC

CAR-825 ↗

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#1175of 1733 in Industrial#1074of 1789 in United States#711of 1012 in Climate Action Reserve (CAR)#4of 8 in CAR-US-COMPOSTING

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 18 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.5 / 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%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-18medium confidence

evidence: 66/66 registry documents analyzed · 5 red flags

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Analysis

Cedar Grove Composting is a CAR-registered organic waste composting project in Washington, US, with a VVB-verified combined additionality test and a project-specific baseline. However, the project exhibits significant gaps: no leakage deduction or justification is documented, no LCA or feedstock sustainability assessment is present, and the VVB (Agri-Waste Technology, Inc) raises independence concerns for a composting-sector project. Multiple contradictions across documents—including a 15× discrepancy in verified ERR figures and conflicting statements on grievance mechanisms and benefit sharing—undermine data reliability.

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Findings

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Evidence

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On this page: the analysis of 18 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 5 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 66 registry documents (66 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Stated in the project documents

    The documents claim CORSIA eligibility, but no registry label confirms it: check vintage and authorization.

    Source: project documents (not confirmed by the registry)

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology under ICVCM assessmentCAR U.S. Organic Waste Composting Protocol

    The Integrity Council has not decided on this methodology yet.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • 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:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
8718710
2009
2,3562,3560
2010
5,1765,1760
2011
5,3205,3200
2012
17,40617,4060
2013
30,80030,8000
2014
32,48232,4820
2015
34,03434,0340
2020
20,14520,1450
2021
22,61822,6180
2022
13,11013,1100
2023
15,26615,2660
2024
15,817015,817
2025
11,910011,910
Total227,311199,58427,727

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Profile & governance

Analysis ProvenanceU.S. Organic Waste Composting Protocol
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