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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/22929/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Aluminium - in mixed metal scrap (market for) |
| Sector | Waste |
| Category | Waste Product |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
| Year | 2012 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor | |
| Scopes | XX,XX |
LCA Activity | cradle_to_consumer |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | xxx |
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