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Emission factor from MOENV coefficients

Wastewater (sewage) treatment service (Kaohsiung City Nanzih sewage treatment plant)

Taiwan · Cradle to grave · Any year

Each litre of wastewater treated counts as 0.0004 kg CO₂e. MOENV coefficients gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value for 2018, wastewater treatment route

0.0004kgCO₂e/L

Net total: fossil, biogenic and land use · GWP100 · GWP vintage not stated

One value, for any year

MOENV coefficients sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2018

Region
Taiwan TW
Boundary
Cradle to grave
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · MOENV coefficients terms

Where 0.0004 comes from

Published as one number

MOENV coefficients prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up and no split by gas.

Reporting this litre under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 5 0.0004

Paying for your own waste to be treated is category 5, waste generated in operations, counted in the period you send it.

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What this number covers

The path of one litre of wastewater from your drain to the treatment plant. Every step on it is counted; MOENV coefficients publishes the route as one number, not step by step.

  1. Collection and transport

    Piping the wastewater to the treatment plant

    Included, not split out

  2. Treatment: wastewater

    Treating the wastewater at the plant it drains to

    Included, not split out

  3. Your waste

    1 L of wastewater sent for treatment, metered as it leaves your site.

    = 0.0004

Outside this boundary

  • Capital goods
  • Employee commuting

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Waste treatment › Wastewater treatment · Taiwan · per L · Supplier-specific

Cradle to grave · Net total

Boundary
Cradle to grave
Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing, purchased energy and end of life
GWP method
Not stated by the publisher
CO₂e basis
Net total
Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: coveredEnd of life: covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

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Source and licence

Publisher
Ministry of Environment, Taiwan (MOENV), Climate Change Administration
Library
MOENV coefficients
Published
30 September 2026
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Credit it with this line環境部氣候變遷署 2026 碳足跡排放係數 (CFP_P_02) 此開放資料依政府資料開放授權條款 (Open Government Data License) 進行公眾釋出，使用者於遵守本條款各項規定之前提下，得利用之。政府資料開放授權條款：https://data.gov.tw/license
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環境部氣候變遷署 2026 碳足跡排放係數 (CFP_P_02) 此開放資料依政府資料開放授權條款 (Open Government Data License) 進行公眾釋出，使用者於遵守本條款各項規定之前提下，得利用之。政府資料開放授權條款：https://data.gov.tw/license. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/moenv_tw_coef/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-moenvtwcoef-l_64166b-tw-l-cradle_to_grave-92d4239e/?v=efv1-6b0c842c7f33785a752ad608db41fbaa

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