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Carbon emission factors in kg CO2e per unit of process, from the AusLCI database. See Emission Factors for what each method means, or to download the full spreadsheets.

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Process ↑ Unit Type Category Carbon neutrality Total Fossil Biogenic Land use change
Chickpea, dryland, S Coast , AU-SA, chickpea production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes
kg Material Agricultural 0.16 -1.22 0.16 -1.37 0.00
Chickpea, dryland, South West , AU-WA, chickpea production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes
kg Material Agricultural 0.36 -0.97 0.36 -1.33 0.00
Chickpea, dryland, W Downs , AU-NSW, chickpea production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes
kg Material Agricultural 0.19 -1.27 0.19 -1.46 0.00
Chickpea, dryland, W Wheatbelt , AU-WA, chickpea production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes
kg Material Agricultural 0.42 -0.91 0.42 -1.33 0.00
Chickpea, dryland, WB Burnett , AU-QLD, chickpea production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes
kg Material Agricultural 0.34 -0.99 0.34 -1.33 0.00
Clinker, China, at plant
Chemicals / Inorganic
kg Material Chemicals 1.07 1.07 1.07 0.00 0.00
Clinker, Japan, at plant
Chemicals / Inorganic
kg Material Chemicals 1.04 1.04 1.04 0.00 0.00
Clinker, at plant
Chemicals / Inorganic
kg Material Chemicals 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.00 0.00
Coal seam methane production and compression
Fuels / Coal seam gas
MJ Material Fuels 0.02 0.02 0.02 n/a n/a
Collection and processing of aluminium scrap kg Processing Reprocessing materials 0.08 0.08 0.08 n/a n/a
Collection and processing of steel scrap kg Processing Reprocessing materials 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00
Combustion, bagasse kg Waste treatment Sugar 0.01 0.93 0.01 0.91 n/a
Concrete 20 MPa 30% GGBFS, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 239.00 239.00 238.00 0.42 0.08
Concrete 20 MPa 30% fly ash, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 228.00 228.00 228.00 0.35 0.06
Concrete 20 MPa, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 309.00 310.00 309.00 0.47 0.09
Concrete 25 MPa 30% GGBFS, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 261.00 261.00 261.00 0.46 0.09
Concrete 25 MPa 30% fly ash, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 249.00 249.00 249.00 0.38 0.07
Concrete 25 MPa, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 339.00 340.00 339.00 0.52 0.09
Concrete 32 MPa 30% GGBFS, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 297.00 298.00 297.00 0.52 0.10
Concrete 32 MPa 30% fly ash, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 283.00 284.00 283.00 0.43 0.08
Concrete 32 MPa, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 388.00 389.00 388.00 0.59 0.11
Concrete 40 MPa 30% GGBFS, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 356.00 356.00 356.00 0.62 0.12
Concrete 40 MPa 30% fly ash, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 339.00 339.00 339.00 0.51 0.09
Concrete 40 MPa, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 467.00 468.00 467.00 0.70 0.13
Concrete 50 MPa 30% GGBFS, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 437.00 438.00 437.00 0.76 0.15
Concrete 50 MPa 30% fly ash, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 416.00 417.00 416.00 0.63 0.12
Concrete 50 MPa, at batching plant
Construction / Concrete
m3 Material Construction 576.00 577.00 576.00 0.86 0.16
Control of brigalow suckers, graslan aerial application ha Processing Agricultural 35.50 35.80 35.40 0.34 0.02
Cotton seed, Australia average, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds / Market
kg Material Agricultural 0.20 1.04 0.20 0.84 0.00
Cotton seed, Central Queensland, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds
kg Material Agricultural 0.16 1.00 0.16 0.84 0.00
Cotton seed, Darling Downs, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds
kg Material Agricultural 0.18 1.02 0.18 0.84 0.00
Cotton seed, Macintyre Balonne, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds
kg Material Agricultural 0.17 1.01 0.17 0.84 0.00
Cotton seed, Maquarie, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds
kg Material Agricultural 0.17 1.01 0.17 0.84 0.00
Cotton seed, Northern NSW, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds
kg Material Agricultural 0.18 1.02 0.18 0.84 0.00
Cotton seed, Southern NSW, at gin
Agricultural / Plant seeds
kg Material Agricultural 0.22 1.06 0.22 0.84 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Australia average kg Processing Agricultural 0.73 -0.60 0.73 -1.33 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Australia averaged kg Material Textiles 0.66 -0.66 0.66 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Central Queensland kg Material Textiles 0.60 -0.72 0.60 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Darling Downs kg Material Textiles 0.67 -0.66 0.67 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Macintyre Balonne kg Material Textiles 0.62 -0.70 0.62 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Maquarie kg Material Textiles 0.61 -0.71 0.61 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Northern NSW kg Material Textiles 0.66 -0.67 0.66 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, ginning, Southern NSW kg Material Textiles 0.80 -0.53 0.80 -1.33 0.00
Cotton, ginning, dryland NSW kg Material Textiles 0.78 -0.54 0.78 -1.32 0.00
Cotton, lint, Australia average, at gin
Textiles / Market
kg Material Textiles 1.51 -0.04 1.51 -1.55 0.00
Cotton, lint, Central Queensland, at gin kg Material Textiles 1.25 -0.29 1.25 -1.54 0.00
Cotton, lint, Darling Downs, at gin kg Material Textiles 1.38 -0.17 1.38 -1.54 0.00
Cotton, lint, Macintyre Balonne, at gin kg Material Textiles 1.29 -0.25 1.29 -1.54 0.00
Cotton, lint, Maquarie,, at gin kg Material Textiles 1.27 -0.28 1.26 -1.55 0.00
Cotton, lint, Northern NSW, at gin kg Material Textiles 1.36 -0.19 1.36 -1.54 0.00