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A guide to the PyCCS method

Last updated 26 August 2026

You must monitor the:

● AQS (Average Quantity System) biochar

● electricity

● fuel

● source separation activities.

You must also remember to meet the general monitoring requirements of the Carbon Farming Standard.

If you can't meet these requirements, you must apply for the non-monitored period. This period details when your project didn’t meet the requirements.

Relevant requirements

● Part 17 of the Carbon Farming Standard

● Part 13 of the Carbon Farming Rule

● Part 5 division 3 of the PyCCS Method

A PyCCS project requires you to keep records of:

● evidence that each waste audit period occurred during any relevant seasonal variations.

● quantity of each type of waste received and processed

● quantity of electricity, compost or biobased products produced

● amounts of fuel and electricity used to run the project

● land management activities

● the project’s land management strategies.

● qualified persons involved in the project and any written advice 

The project must also comply with the record-keeping requirements set out in the Carbon Farming Standard and the Carbon Farming Rule.

Relevant requirements

● Part 17 of the Carbon Farming Standard

● Part 13 of the Carbon Farming Rule

● Part 5, Division 3 of this Method

Record keeping

The Technical Governance Committee recommends you draw up a plan for the monitoring, data collecting and record keeping required for an offsets report as specified in Part 5 of the PyCCS Method. The means of collecting and recording data will need to be in place from the start of the project. Should an offsets report and associated audit show that data collecting and record keeping has not been in place for the entire reporting period, BidCarbon Units may not be issued for some or all of that reporting period.

When developing your plan, make sure you have the right controls and processes around your data. Are you collecting your data efficiently? Will you be able to maintain your data in the event of an emergency such as a fire?

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