Emission Factor

Glass - Recycled

50kgCO2e/short ton

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of recycling the specified material. These factors do not include any avoided emissions impact from any of the disposal methods. Recycling emissions include transport to recycling facility and sorting of recycled materials at material recovery facility. Retrieved from the EPA's GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx).

PropertyValue
NameGlass - Recycled
SectorWaste
CategoryGlass Waste
SourceEPA
Region
Unit Type
Year
2022
Year Released
2022
Emission Factor
  • CO2e50kg/short ton
LCA Activity
end_of_life
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_glass-disposal_method_recycled
UUID
ced7064b-71f5-44cc-a992-4bf289a0793e
Code Snippet
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