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Looking for Carbon Offsets?
Looking for Carbon Offsets?
Types of Carbon Offsets
Nature Based
Reforestation and conservation have become very popular for offsetting. Credits are created based on either the carbon captured by new trees or the carbon not released through protecting old trees.
Forestry projects are not the cheapest offset option, but they are often chosen for their many benefits outside of the carbon credits they offer. Protecting eco-systems, wildlife, and social heritage is significant for companies offsetting their carbon emissions for the corporate social responsibility.
Community Based
Community projects often help to introduce energy-efficient methods or technology to undeveloped communities around the world. There are many potential benefits to these projects that far surpass carbon credits.
Projects like this do not only help to make entire regions more sustainable, they can provide empowerment and independence that can lift communities out of poverty. This means that projects that were, at one time, purely philanthropic can now provide organisations with direct benefits like carbon credits.
Waste to Energy
A waste to energy project often involves capturing methane and converting it into electricity.
Sometimes this means capturing landfill gas, or in smaller villages, human or agricultural waste. In this way, waste to energy projects can impact communities in the same way efficient stoves or clean water can.