The proof

Large-scale methane and waste reduction is possible.

Treviso, Italy

85%separate collection across the district operator’s service area

Intensive curbside collection and pay-as-you-throw.

Zero Waste Europe source

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Photo by Maddalena Addeo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo by Seoul Metropolitan Government · Public Nuri Type 1

Photo by Instituto Ecozinha

We need to build a market that can fund circularity, keeping materials in use and out of landfills. Carrot’s digital infrastructure aims to do this at scale. Your support can make that happen.

People & climate

The future we need to build
starts with the people.

Individuals and small and medium businesses make the circular economy work—separating, collecting, and transforming materials so they stay in use.

Composta+ workers sorting collected food waste beside blue organics barrels. — Sorting food waste
Composta+ workers prepare collected organics for composting.
Photo: Composta+

A gloved hand checking the temperature inside a compost windrow. — Monitoring compost
Checking windrow temperature during biological treatment.
Photo: Biocomp

An Ecozinha worker placing a glass bottle into a green collection container. — Recovering glass
An Ecozinha worker deposits collected glass for recycling.
Photo: Instituto Ecozinha

A Composta+ worker cleaning blue collection drums beside processing equipment. — Preparing the equipment
Cleaning collection drums for the next organics cycle.
Photo: Composta+

Work that matters
for the climate

When food and other organic materials break down in landfills, they release methane. Diverting biowaste to biological treatment reduces those emissions and returns useful resources to the economy.

We need to make sorting, collection, and treatment more economically attractive than landfilling.

Explore the case for change

Illustrative outcome contrast using photographs from different sites, not a literal before and after of one location. The Composta+ photograph is from Araucária, Paraná.

A shared foundation

Shared digital infrastructure.
Public benefit.

Shared digital infrastructure connects capital markets to small and medium businesses in a manner that can scale—expanding access beyond one-off project finance and enabling results across entire ecosystems.

The Carrot network is governed as a public utility. It incentivizes circularity, decarbonization and regeneration in the Global South while rewarding those who do the work.

A purpose-bound FoundationLegal form, mission and stewardship A public technical recordMethodologies, certificates and accreditations The wider roadmapPublications and resources for due diligence

Cover of the Carrot digital public infrastructure white paper

White paper · PDF · English

Ways to contribute

Two ways you can help
to unlock this market

Philanthropy and carbon financing can help build a system that sustains methane-emissions reductions, reduces waste and supports valuable green jobs in the Global South. Both are important, but contribute in different ways.

AI-generated first-person image of two bare hands holding rich, mature dark compost with visible earthworms at a composting facility. — Illustrative image generated for this local Funders page draft.

01 Foundation support

Philanthropic support

Philanthropic support helps the Foundation build digital public infrastructure capable of scaling climate finance to projects globally, while strengthening the wider ecosystem around it.

We can also work with you to measure and verify the impact of the projects you support.

Three immediate needs:

Methodology development

Research, write, and build the methodologies and verification frameworks used to measure environmental results.

Methodology and product ratings

Support independent assessment that helps institutions compare approaches and understand their evidence.

Project audits and accreditation

Help projects cover initial audit fees and gain accreditation, unlocking access to climate capital.

Request donation details

Donation arrangements

Contact the Foundation to confirm the receiving account, intended use and documentation before contributing. If your institution has jurisdiction-specific requirements, include them in your enquiry.

Let’s help the worms help us.

Illustration of global funding connections between North America, Europe, South America and Africa.

02 Climate finance

Catalytic carbon financing

Support projects in the Global South.

By purchasing biowaste recycling carbon credits, climate funders build infrastructure and support verified waste diversion and methane reductions today, while helping build recovery capacity for tomorrow.

Early purchasing helps initiate a wider market for recovery. Talk to Carrot about the carbon credits available and your organization’s purchasing needs.

Enquire about carbon credits

Biowaste Credit Stack