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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is market for used beverage cans. The Reference Product is used beverage cans. 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 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/23159/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Used beverage cans (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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