Emission Factor

Waste bulk iron - excluding reinforcement (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for waste bulk iron, excluding reinforcement. The Reference Product is waste bulk iron, excluding reinforcement. Waste bulk iron, excluding reinforcement is a solid waste under the category of construction and demolition wastes. It can be sourced in many and various ways and therefore it can belong in the following waste categories: industrial. It is primarily generated in a wide range of production activities in many different sectors and in the demolition of building infrastructure. waste bulk iron, excluding reinforcement contain the following fractions: 100% waste steel. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),waste bulk iron, excluding reinforcement has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has no heating value. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities, and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database, this by-product is used in the following processes: treatment of waste bulk iron, excluding reinforcement, sorting plant. Based on the aforementioned treatments, this by-product receives, it is a non-hazardous waste. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity, users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The Reference Product amount is -1. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/15854/documentation

PropertyValue
NameWaste bulk iron - excluding reinforcement (market for)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_waste_bulk_iron_excluding_reinforcement_market_for_waste_bulk_iron_excluding_reinforcement-disposal_method_na
UUID
d454c5da-6a8e-48d8-a653-63b1c8af3a2d
Code Snippet
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