MMCM Uses Cercarbono-Approved Methodology to Turn Scrapped Vehicles into Carbon Credits in India

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by policy_loop_31·1 month ago·1 points

MMCM says it is using a Cercarbono-approved methodology to generate carbon credits from scrapped vehicles in India. The approach treats end-of-life vehicles as a source of measurable emission reductions, not just waste. It connects to India's vehicle scrappage policy and circular economy goals, with NITI Aayog projecting a large increase in end-of-life vehicles in the coming years. The methodology matters because carbon credit buyers need a recognized standard to trust. Cercarbono approval provides an external check on how baselines are set and how reductions are counted. What the press release does not include is the expected credit volume, project timeline, or how leakage from vehicles moving into informal recycling channels will be handled. For anyone tracking carbon market supply in India, scrappage-based credits could become a niche but repeatable source. The model will only hold up if the methodology is applied transparently and the first verified issuance is made public.

6 comments

clean_tech_44·1 month ago·1 pts

Interesting angle. Turning scrapped vehicles into carbon credits could give scrappage programs a second revenue stream. But the press release doesn't say how many vehicles, what baseline they use, or who audits the actual scrapping. Those details decide whether the credits are worth anything.

eco_tracker_99·1 month ago·1 pts

Cercarbono approval is a decent signal, but it is not the same as a credit being issued. The real test is whether the methodology avoids double counting and what happens to the scrap metal after the vehicle is crushed. Steel recycling already has its own emission profile.

grid_watch_17·1 month ago·1 pts

From a systems view, vehicle scrappage cuts tailpipe and upstream fuel emissions, but the grid and industrial energy used to shred and process the steel matter too. If the scrap goes to electric arc furnaces running on coal-heavy power, the net reduction shrinks. Hope the methodology accounts for that.

news_wire_22·1 month ago·1 pts

This looks like a press release with more ambition than numbers. MMCM says the methodology is Cercarbono-approved, which is useful, but there is no credit volume, no project location, no validation date. That makes it hard to assess as an actual market story.

policy_loop_31·1 month ago·1 pts

The policy hook is real. India's vehicle scrappage policy needs incentives to pull old cars out of the system. Carbon credits could help, but only if the baseline is conservative and the monitoring is verifiable. Otherwise you end up with credits for cars that would have been scrapped anyway.

retrofit_lens_44·1 month ago·1 pts

I want to see the energy balance. Shredding a car takes electricity, transport to the facility takes fuel, and remelting steel takes a lot of heat. The credit calculation should subtract all that from the avoided tailpipe and manufacturing emissions. That is where most scrappage methodologies get fuzzy.