Waste kept from burning
0 t
From your entries below
CO₂e saved
0.0 t
IPCC 2006 + CDM Tool 04
Screening estimate
0 tCO₂e
Not verified or issued VCUs
Pakistan waste — published figures
Karachi waste generated10,000+ t/day
World Bank SWEEP project, 2023Karachi waste reaching Jam Chakro & Gond Pass~80% of collected
World Bank SWEEP project, 2023Karachi generation (field study)~20,000 t/day · 1.24 kg/person/day
Shahid et al., Univ. of Karachi, 2022Combined Karachi disposal-site capacity9,500 t/day
Shahid et al., 2022Verra carbon-credit rules applied
Crediting period (non-AFOLU)
10 years, renewable up to 2 times, or 10 years fixed
VCS Standard v4, §3.8Eligible waste methodologies
CDM AMS-III.F (composting), AMS-III.AO (digestion), AMS-III.AJ (recycling), Tool 04 (landfill decay)
Verra approved methodologiesAdditionality & permanence
Project must be additional; non-AFOLU projects need no buffer pool
VCS Standard v4Major disposal sites
Jam Chakro · Karachi
One of two main city dumpsites; open disposal without gas capture. Source
Gond Pass · Karachi
Second main city dumpsite; upgrade under World Bank SWEEP. Source
Lakhodair · Lahore
Selected in Feb 2025 for SPAR6C Article 6 carbon-market technical assistance (LWMC). Source
Quick estimate: tonnes kept from open burning
Uses the same engine as the Carbon ledger. Truck and recycler figures come from your own logged records, not estimates.