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Emission factor from Syke

Waste processing, bitumen membrane

Finland · End of life · Any year

Each kilogram of this waste sent for recycling counts as 0.7 kg CO₂e. Syke gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value for 2026, recycling route

0.7kgCO₂e/kg

Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · GWP vintage not stated

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

One value, for any year

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

Reference year 2026

Region
Finland FI
Boundary
End of life
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · Syke terms

Where 0.7 comes from

Published as one number

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

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 5 0.7

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 kilogram of waste from your bin to the treatment site. Every step on it is counted; Syke publishes the route as one number, not step by step.

  1. Treatment

    Treating the waste on the route it is sent down

    Included0.7

  2. Your waste

    1 kg sent for treatment, weighed as you hand it over.

    = 0.7

Outside this boundary

  • Producing the raw material
  • Making the product that became waste

Making the product is its own factor.

The factor, standardised

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Waste treatment › Recycling · Finland · per kg · Generic

End of life · Excl. biogenic CO₂

Boundary
End of life
GWP method
Not stated by the publisher
CO₂e basis
Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle
Upstream: not coveredProduction: not coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

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About this factor

From Syke

"The after-use phase is divided to the following four sub-phases: • C1 Deconstruction demolition • C2 Transport • C3 Waste processing • C4 Disposal GWP for demolition is given for C1, C3, and C4, C2 is dealt with on the bases of GWP for transportation service. GWP value for C1 is given for three different building types. GWP for waste processing is given separately for a few building materials. The data is mainly based on EPDs. GWP for C4 is based on the emission value for recovered fuels and on the assumption of the share of combustible waste fraction."

Source and licence

Publisher
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Library
Syke v1.01.010
Record
1865fbd1-1c69-4035-aa5f-d98286fabeac
Published
25 September 2026
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Credit it with this lineSource: CO2data.fi, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
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Source: CO2data.fi, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/syke/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-syke-waste_processing_bitumen-fi-kg-end_of_life-33a917f7/?v=efv1-e814098a370a5d0686b92ec3b3026a89

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