Climatiq

Interested in licensing this data?

Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for aluminium, in mixed metal scrap. The Reference Product is aluminium, in mixed metal scrap. Source-segregated municipal solid waste fraction, typically collected separately or comingled with other recyclable metal fractions for sorting and recycling. Mixed metal scrap refers to the joint collection of waste tinplate, ferrous metal and aluminum. From the residues in sorting, it is assumed that 2% of the material is impurities, with the same composition as average residual MSW. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/22431/documentation

PropertyValue
NameAluminium - in mixed metal scrap (market for)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Year
2012
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

Detailed Metadata

UUID
xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx
Unit Type
Unit Type

API Reference

Code Snippet
View API Docs

Automate emission calculations with Climatiq

Related factors

ecoinvent Emission Factors

Explore All

Waste Product Emission Factors

Explore All