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Scope 3 Downstream
Category 12: End-of-Life Treatment of Sold Products
Emissions from the waste disposal and treatment of products sold by the reporting company at the end of their life.
GHG Protocol Reference
The following content is extracted from the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.
View original GHG Protocol Standard (PDF)Selko Emissions
Category 12
Selko Emissions
Category 12 includes emissions from waste disposal and treatment of products sold by your company at the end of their useful life.
Emission Factor Methods
Tier 1
Product-specific
Based on product composition and end-of-life scenarios
Tier 2
Average-data
Global waste treatment factors by material type
Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)