Browse emission factors
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.
2012 factors found
| Process ↓ | Unit | Type | Category | Carbon neutrality | Total | Fossil | Biogenic | Land use change |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , AU-SA, market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 6.18 | 5.54 | 0.87 | 4.67 | 0.00 |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , AU-QLD, market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 6.33 | 5.54 | 0.95 | 4.59 | 0.00 |
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Mutton, sheep, live weight , AU-NSW, market for mutton
Agricultural / Animal production / Ovine |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 2.26 | 1.99 | 0.30 | 1.69 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, WB Burnett , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.72 | -0.61 | 0.72 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Maranoa , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.59 | -0.73 | 0.59 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Granite Belt , AU-NSW, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.24 | -1.21 | 0.24 | -1.45 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Dawson , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.70 | -0.62 | 0.70 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Darling D , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.68 | -0.65 | 0.68 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, C QLD Coast , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.71 | -0.62 | 0.71 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, C Highlands , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.66 | -0.66 | 0.66 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Burnett , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.58 | -0.75 | 0.58 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Burdekin , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.57 | -0.76 | 0.57 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean, dryland, Brisbane , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.60 | -0.73 | 0.59 | -1.32 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, WB Burnett , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.26 | 0.04 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Maranoa , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.27 | 0.03 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Granite Belt , AU-NSW, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.01 | -1.30 | 0.01 | -1.31 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Dawson , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.26 | 0.04 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Darling D , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.26 | 0.04 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, C QLD Coast , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.26 | 0.04 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, C Highlands , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.27 | 0.04 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Burnett , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.27 | 0.03 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Burdekin , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.27 | 0.03 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean straw, dryland, Brisbane , AU-QLD, mung bean production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.27 | 0.03 | -1.30 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean , market for mung bean
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.64 | -0.70 | 0.64 | -1.34 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean , AU-QLD, market for mung bean
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.69 | -0.64 | 0.69 | -1.33 | 0.00 |
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Mung bean , AU-NSW, market for mung bean
Agricultural / Plant production / Legumes |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.30 | -1.14 | 0.30 | -1.43 | 0.00 |
| Mulching, cotton | ha | Processing | Agricultural | 25.60 | 25.60 | 25.60 | n/a | n/a |
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Monoammonium phosphate , market for monoammonium phosphate
Chemicals / Fertilisers (inorganic) / Market |
kg | Material | Chemicals | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
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Molasses, C-grade, at mill gate, , AU-QLD, sugarcane milling
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.16 | -0.18 | 0.16 | -0.34 | 0.00 |
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Mineral block, 30% urea 3,6% P, at production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.65 | -0.01 | 0.00 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, WA | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -1.49 | 0.96 | -1.77 | 2.73 | 0.00 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, Vic | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -2.40 | 0.05 | -2.66 | 2.72 | -0.01 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, Tas | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -0.23 | 2.23 | -0.40 | 2.72 | -0.09 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, SA | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -0.53 | 1.92 | -0.81 | 2.73 | 0.00 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, QLD | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -2.20 | 0.20 | -2.47 | 2.67 | 0.00 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, NT | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -1.64 | 0.81 | -1.92 | 2.73 | 0.00 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation, NSW | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -1.88 | 0.53 | -2.14 | 2.68 | -0.01 |
| Methane, combustion for power generation | kg | Waste treatment | Incineration | -1.87 | 0.55 | -2.14 | 2.69 | -0.01 |
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Maize, silage irrigated, northern Victoria
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.48 | -2.08 | 0.46 | -2.54 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, WB Burnett , AU-QLD, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.40 | 0.03 | -1.44 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, W Downs , AU-NSW, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.02 | -1.44 | 0.02 | -1.46 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, S Highland and Gippsland , AU-NSW, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.43 | 0.03 | -1.46 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Riverina , AU-VIC, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.02 | -1.44 | 0.02 | -1.46 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Kimberly , AU-WA, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.04 | -1.40 | 0.04 | -1.44 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Granite Belt , AU-NSW, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.43 | 0.03 | -1.46 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Goldfields , AU-SA, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.06 | -1.39 | 0.06 | -1.45 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Dawson , AU-QLD, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.02 | -1.42 | 0.02 | -1.44 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Darling D , AU-QLD, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.41 | 0.03 | -1.44 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Central Plains , AU-NSW, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.02 | -1.44 | 0.02 | -1.46 | 0.00 |
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Maize straw, dryland, Burnett , AU-QLD, maize production
Agricultural / Animal feed |
kg | Material | Agricultural | 0.03 | -1.41 | 0.03 | -1.44 | 0.00 |