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Aluminium - in mixed metal scrap (aluminium - in mixed metal scrap - Recycled Content cut-off)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 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 cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameAluminium - in mixed metal scrap (aluminium - in mixed metal scrap - Recycled Content cut-off)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2023
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 04fc6729-7988-4f34-b669-504de7df765b

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_aluminium_in_mixed_metal_scrap_aluminium_in_mixed_metal_scrap_recycled_content_cut_off
UUID
62b8006b-95a6-43a7-a671-9da58b36c679
Code Snippet
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