Unlocking carbon credits for sanitation - Briefing Paper Container Based Sanitation Alliance (2023)
This briefing paper informs about a study carried out by the Container Based Sanitation Alliance (CBSA). Working with the carbon finance consultancy South Pole, five CBS operators were examined. The results show that their projects would eliminate 79% to 93% of baseline emissions, depending on the treatment methods used and contextual parameters.
The study of five CBS operators shows that carbon credits can provide a viable revenue stream for providers operating at a sufficient scale, particularly when co-treating other waste. Modelling CBS scale up projections using existing carbon credit methodologies, the five services surveyed would collectively earn US$2.4 million in eligible carbon credit revenue over five years for approximately 81,000 toilets and co-treated solid waste, using average 2022 carbon prices.
Find out more about the limits on profitability, the monitoring burden, preventing rules to earn carbon credits and recommendations for municipalities, utilities, national governments and investors in this comprehensive briefing paper.
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Container Based Sanitation Alliance (2023). Unlocking carbon credits for sanitation - Briefing Paper Container Based Sanitation Alliance
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