Emission Factor

Used beverage cans (market for used beverage cans)

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. As for aluminum in mixed metal scrap 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 market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameUsed beverage cans (market for used beverage cans)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_used_beverage_cans_market_for_used_beverage_cans
UUID
b948ff6a-6aeb-478e-bae0-2f08a591b4ba
Code Snippet
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