Cercarbono invites you to comment on Cercarbono’s CM-WM-ELV-01Methodology:  “Recovery and Recycling of materials from End-of-Life Vehicles”, which establishes the criteria for quantifying greenhouse-gas emission reductions achieved through the recovery and recycling of post-consumer materials thereof in formal sector facilities. This version for public consultation, reviewed by independent experts, aligns with Cercarbono’s high-integrity requirements as per its regulatory framework.

At a glance

• Scope: Post-consumer ELV materials only.
  
  
• Eligible materials:Metals, plastics, and glass—recovered as secondary raw materials that match virgin quality.
  
  
• Additionality & accounting: Projects must comply with Cercarbono’s additionality guidelines; emission reductions = baseline (virgin raw materials-based production) – project (recycled materials-based production).
  
  

• Monitoring: Processed materials amount, energy use, product quality/prices, recycling activity penetration and rate, and ELV import data to prevent double counting and greenwashing.
  
  
• Compliance & safeguards: projects follow all legal, environmental, labour, health and safety rules, apply Cercarbono Safeguarding Principles and report Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) contributions via the SDGtool.
  
  
• Innovation: methodology encourages technologies that raise recovery rates and cut the environmental impact of ELV disposal.
  

Consultation window

23  May 2025 – 22 June 2025

How to submit feedback

Download the methodology and complete the online feedback form via registry.cercarbono.com/20. 

Your input is vital to ensuring the rigour, reliability, and pertinence of this new methodology and to strengthening the Cercarbono voluntary carbon-credit programme.