Composting
The Climate Action Reserve is developing a GHG reduction project protocol for organic waste composting projects in the United States. This protocol will provide a standardized approach for quantifying and monitoring the GHG reductions from projects that avoid methane emissions to the atmosphere through the diversion and composting of municipal food waste that would otherwise have been sent to a landfill. This new project protocol will build largely on the Reserve’s protocol for Organic Waste Digestion projects.
For more information on GHG project accounting issues related to composting projects, please review the following issue paper prepared by SAIC.
- Methane Avoidance from Composting (September 2009)
Protocol Development Kickoff Meeting
The Reserve hosted a public meeting to kickoff the protocol development process for the Composting Project Protocol in Portland, Oregon, on December 9, 2009. The meeting provided a venue for the Reserve to discuss composting project GHG reductions and the protocol development process, as well as solicit information and feedback from the public. Please see below for the kickoff meeting agenda and presentation.
Agenda
Presentation Slides
Attendee List
Composting Presentation Audio
If you have questions about the protocol development process, please contact Heather Raven at 213-542-0282 or heather@climateactionreserve.org.
Workgroup
| Alameda County Waste Management Authority | Integrated Waste Management Consulting |
| Association of Compost Producers | Mundus Aer, LLC |
| California Composting Coalition and California Organic Recycling Council | North Carolina State University |
| California Resource Recovery Association | New England Organics |
| Californians Against Waste | Ohio Environmental Protection Agency |
| Cedar Grove Composting | Recology |
| Center for a Competitive Waste Industry | SCS Engineers |
| Community Recycling | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (formerly CIWMB) | University of Washington |
| Environmental Credit Corporation | Waste Management |
Protocol Development Process
A timeline for the Composting Project Protocol is available below. This webpage will be updated as needed as the process moves forward.
| Composting issues paper | Fall 2009 |
| Kickoff Meeting (Portland, OR) | December 9, 2009 |
| Staff develop draft protocol | December 2009 – February 2010 |
| Workgroup process to refine draft protocol | February – March 2010 |
| Public comment period and public workshop | April – May 2010 |
| Adoption by Reserve Board | June 2010 |
If you have questions about the Composting Project Protocol, please contact Syd Partridge at 213-542-0294 or syd@climateactionreserve.org.
