Project type: Landfill Gas Capture/Combustion
Name: Davis Landfill Gas Offset Project
Location: Layton, Utah
Registry: Climate Action Reserve, (CAR) U.S. Landfill Project Protocol
CarbonRight portfolio total: 27%
When landfill waste decomposes, it produces greenhouse gas emissions. This project captures those emissions before they enter the atmosphere by installing a network throughout the landfill that gathers methane as it is emitted. After the methane is extracted, it is cleaned and used to generate electricity.
Project type: Landfill Gas Capture/Combustion
Name: South Jordan Landfill
Location: South Jordan, Utah
Registry: Climate Action Reserve, (CAR) U.S. Landfill Project Protocol
CarbonRight portfolio total: 23%
This project captures greenhouse gas emissions before entering the atmosphere through a gas collection and control system comprised of an interconnected network of vertical extraction and horizontal wells connected via underground piping to electricity producing generator engines.
Project type: Advanced Formulation Blowing Agents in Foam Manufacturing and Use
Name: Spray Foam Alpha
Location: Arizona
Registry: American Carbon Registry, Project ID: ACR591
CarbonRight portfolio total: 47%
The project activity is the replacement of a high-Global Warming Potential (GWP) blowing agent, namely Pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa), with a new blowing agent (“Project BA”) in the production and use of foam. The BA is also non-ozone depleting and will replace high-GWP BAs formerly used.
Blowing agents (BAs) are a key ingredient in the production of foam. These BAs contain chemicals that release Green House Gas during manufacture, use, and end-of-life (destruction).
Project type: Improved Forest Management with Verified Removals
Name: 18 Reserves Forest Carbon Project
Location: Ohio
Registry: American Carbon Registry, Project ID: ACR586
CarbonRight portfolio total: 3%
The project is composed of 8,961 acres of mixed hardwood forest that will be managed for the purpose of increased carbon sequestration by foregoing significant timber harvesting and maintaining mature forest cover, among other objectives, such as improving ecosystem resilience, increasing wildlife habitat, reducing invasive species presence, and growing research and monitoring of natural systems. Cleveland Metroparks' (“CMP”) forest holdings contain many valuable ecological, educational, open space, and scenic resource conservation values. The Cleveland Metroparks' forest will be managed to store carbon, conserve and enhance forest health, and ecosystem resilience.
Note: The projects supported by CarbonRight may change over time depending on the availability of carbon offsets.