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Waste and Circularity
Metrics for measuring waste generation, diversion, recycled content, recyclability, and circular economy performance.
| notation | 04 |
| scopeNote | ESRS E5; GRI 306; EU ESPR Art. 5–8; EU Waste Framework Directive. |
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| Code | Label | Definition | Unit | Aggregation | Better |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
04.01 | Total Waste Generated | Total weight of hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated by operations, in tonnes. | t | Sum | Lower |
04.02 | Hazardous Waste Generated | Total weight of waste classified as hazardous under applicable regulations, in tonnes. | t | Sum | Lower |
04.03 | Waste Diversion Rate | Percentage of total waste diverted from landfill and incineration through recycling, composting, or other recovery methods. | P1 | Weighted average | Higher |
04.04 | Recycled Content Percentage | Share of pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled material in the total weight of a product or material input. | P1 | Weighted average | Higher |
04.05 | Recyclability Rate | Percentage of product weight that is technically recyclable at end of life under available infrastructure. | P1 | Weighted average | Higher |
04.06 | Material Recovery Rate | Percentage of end-of-life product mass actually recovered through recycling, remanufacturing, or refurbishment processes. | P1 | Weighted average | Higher |
04.07 | Waste to Landfill | Total weight of waste disposed via landfill, in tonnes. | t | Sum | Lower |
04.08 | Product Durability Index | Expected useful life of a product under normal conditions of use, expressed in years or cycles as applicable. | y | Average | Higher |
04.09 | Reuse and Remanufacturing Rate | Percentage of product units or components returned to service through reuse, refurbishment, or remanufacturing. | P1 | Weighted average | Higher |
04.10 | Regulated Commodity Content | Share of total mass accounted for by commodities that a cited regulation designates as in scope. The regulation is named by the reference criteria of the claim rather than by this metric, so the metric is unaffected when a regulation revises its list of commodities. | P1 | Weighted average | Context dependent |
04.11 | Renewable Material Content | Share of total material input mass that is renewable, meaning drawn from biological sources that replenish on a human timescale. Measured against the total mass of materials used in a product or consumed by a facility over a reporting period. | P1 | Weighted average | Context dependent |
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