Google signs agreement to purchase 200,000 metric tonnes CO2e carbon removal credits from AMP AI-powered waste system

Google has signed an agreement with Commonwealth Sortation LLC, an affiliate of AMP Robotics Corporation, to purchase carbon removal credits equivalent to 200,000 metric tonnes of CO2e by 2030. The multiyear deal is one of Google's largest to date and supports work to decarbonize waste while targeting methane emissions. AMP applies AI-powered sortation technology to recover organic material from municipal solid waste. The organic material is converted into biochar rather than being left to decompose in landfills, where it would release methane. The Environmental Protection Agency lists landfilled municipal solid waste as the third-largest source of human-generated methane emissions in the United States. The purchase enables AMP to add biochar production capacity to the largest recycling project in the United States. It unlocks the potential to convert five million tons of organic waste into biochar over the next 20 years. Google and AMP will also establish frameworks for quantifying the impact of waste diversion paired with biochar carbon removal on methane elimination. Randy Spock, Google's Carbon Credits and Removal Lead, said the partnership supports an approach to waste management that addresses both the near-term warming from methane and the long-term warming from carbon dioxide.