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Emission factor from WRAP v2.0

Sole - mixed

WRAP multi-origin market average · Cradle to processing gate · Any year

Each kg reference mass of this food counts as 20.9 kg CO₂e. WRAP gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value, cradle to processing gate

20.9kgCO₂e/kg reference mass

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 2017

Region
WRAP multi-origin market average
Boundary
Cradle to processing gate
Data quality
LowNo reason given by the publisher
Licence
Open · WRAP terms

Where 20.9 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 20.9

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

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Food and agriculture › Animal products · WRAP multi-origin market average · per kg reference mass · Average

Cradle to processing gate · Net total

Boundary
Cradle to processing gate
Raw materials and manufacturing
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 1 kg reference mass, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Raw materials
    Included

  2. Production

    • Manufacturing
    Partly included

  3. Your record

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

    = 20.9

Outside this boundary

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

WRAP does not count any of this in the figure for 1 kg reference mass.

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: global.

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-sole_mixed-wrap_multi_region-kg_reference-cradle_to_processing_gat-48137024/?v=efv1-1ce6ea553012f628ab7920d83391ace2

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