ORGANIC WASTE COMPOSTING PROJECT PROTOCOL ADOPTED

The Climate Action Reserve (CAR), an offset registry for the North American carbon market, adopted a new standard that encourages reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) from a significant methane source in the U.S. - food waste. The Organic Waste Composting (OWC) Project Protocol provides guidelines for developing carbon offset projects and generating offset credits, which can be traded in the carbon market, by diverting food waste from landfills to composting operations.

The performance standard for this protocol defines compost feedstocks that the Reserve has determined are likely to be deposited in landfills under common practice or "business-asusual" management practices. Only …