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Peabody, Massachusetts. TÜV SÜD America Inc. announces the completion of validation of two landfill projects under the Voluntary Carbon Standard 2007.1 in December 2008. The validation involved independent assessments of the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority Landfill Gas Collection and Combustion Project (GLRA) and Worcester County Renewable Energy Landfill Gas Collection and Combustion Project (WCRE) against all key requirements of the standard.

The carbon credits for both projects were issued by TerraPass Inc., a leading originator and retailer of carbon credits and carbon offsets. Such credits help companies in the voluntary and pre-compliance carbon markets achieve their carbon footprint management goals. The GLRA project was the first VCS-validated project initiated by TerraPass to be listed on the new APX VCS Registry.

The GLRA project, located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, is owned and operated by the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority. The facility receives 100,000 tons of waste per year with about 1.4 million short tons in place. The project activity involves enhancement of infrastructure and use of new electrical generators as the primary methane destruction technology versus the use of enclosed flare system in the baseline. The expected emission reduction is 21,808 tons CO2eq1 per year during the 10-year crediting period.

The WCRE project is located in Newark, Maryland, occupying approximately 200 acres of a 725-acre property. The project is owned and operated by Worcester County Renewable Energy, LLC. The project activity involving the capture and destruction of methane from the landfill, via a flaring system and electricity generators has an expected emission reduction of an average of 104,246 tons CO2eq per year during the 10-year crediting period.

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