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Category 5: Waste Generated in Operations
Emissions from third-party disposal and treatment of waste generated in your company's owned or controlled operations.
GHG Protocol Reference
The following content is extracted from the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.
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Category 5
Selko Emissions
Category 5 covers emissions from disposal and treatment of waste generated in the company's own operations. This includes third-party waste management activities.
Emission Factor Methods
Tier 1
Waste-specific
Actual data from waste management providers
Tier 2
Average-data
Based on waste quantities in kg and treatment method factors
Tier 3
Spend-based
Based on waste management costs and EEIO factors
Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)