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Emission factor from WRAP v2.0

Chicken (eggs) - conventional

United Kingdom · Cradle to farm gate · Any year

Each kilogram of this food counts as 5.5 kg CO₂e before it leaves the farm. WRAP gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value, cradle to farm gate

5.5kgCO₂e/kg

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

One value, for any year

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

Reference year 2020

Region
United Kingdom GB
Boundary
Cradle to farm gate
Data quality
LowNo reason given by the publisher
Licence
Open · WRAP terms

Where 5.5 comes from

Published as one number

WRAP 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 1 5.5

Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.

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Food and agriculture › Animal products · United Kingdom · per kg · Average

Cradle to farm gate · Net total

Boundary
Cradle to farm gate
Raw materials
GWP method
Not stated by the publisher
CO₂e basis
Net total
Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: partly coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Low quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

What WRAP counts in the figure for one kilogram, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Raw materials
    Included5.5

  2. Your record

    1 kg in your records. The factor is per kg.

    = 5.5

Outside this boundary

  • Manufacturing
  • Packaging
  • Outbound transport
  • Retail
  • Use phase
  • Throwing away packaging and leftovers

WRAP does not count any of this in the figure for one kilogram.

From WRAP's record to a comparable factor

WRAP publishes this factor as one record. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

About this factor

From WRAP

Where it applies

Applicable region as published by WRAP: UK.

Source and licence

Publisher
WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)
Library
WRAP v2.0
Published
28 March 2024
WRAP's terms of use Open

The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.

This material is subject to copyright. You can copy it free of charge and may use excerpts from it provided they are not used in a misleading context and you must identify the source of the material and acknowledge WRAP’s copyright. You must not use this resource or material from it to endorse or suggest WRAP has endorsed a commercial product or service. This data resource is the intellectual property of WRAP.
Credit it with this lineUK Food & Drink Emission Factors Database v2.0, WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme).
A plain reading of the licence, not legal advice. The licence text prevails.

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UK Food & Drink Emission Factors Database v2.0, WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme). Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/wrap/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-wrap-chicken_eggs-gb-kg-cradle_to_farm_gate-b3d29a1b/?v=efv1-05112e64b1838fa08b9b0e309405fff8

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