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Hazardous waste generated

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Mass of waste generated during the reporting period that meets the stated hazardous-waste classification, retained by stream, material, site, mass state, and measurement method.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Waste generated during the reporting period
Aggregation
Add only non-overlapping rows with the same classification, boundary, period, unit, and mass state
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Circular materials and waste
Controlled domain
Materials, circularity and waste
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Waste generated by own operations or the separately labelled own-activities or value-chain boundary. Hazardous classification authority, waste code, material composition, mass state, effluent rule, and period are mandatory; radioactive waste remains separate.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    EU Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard

    hazardous-waste-generated
    Publisher
    European Commission / EFRAG
    Edition
    Commission delegated act adopted 3 July 2026; pending Official Journal publication
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Annex I paragraph 39(a)
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    GRI Standards

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2020 edition; effective 1 January 2022; publisher file retrieved 15 August 2026
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Edition and rights pages 1–2; Disclosure 306-3 page 12; Disclosure 306-4 pages 13–14; Disclosure 306-5 pages 15–16; definitions pages 18–20
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    SEBI BRSR Core

    4g-other-hazardous-waste-generated
    Publisher
    Securities and Exchange Board of India
    Edition
    BRSR Core Annexure 17A in the SEBI LODR Master Circular updated 30 January 2026, incorporating the 28 March 2025 amendments
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Annexure 17A, printed page 217 of the 2026 Master Circular
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Waste generated during the reporting period

Unit meaning: This metric is reported as a structured table; each field carries the unit stated in the table fields below.

Table fields and units

  • Site or operation, own-activities boundary, waste stream, and named material composition
  • Hazardous classification authority and edition, waste code, and hazardous property
  • Generated mass (t — metric tonnes of the named stream, where 1 t = 1,000 kg; or kg — kilograms)
  • Original, wet, or dry mass state; direct or estimated method; generation date or interval
  • Effluent rule, radioactive-waste separation, reporting period, source, and assurance status

Published dimensions

  • Site, waste stream, material, hazardous classification, mass state, measurement method, and period

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Populate the structured fields from qualifying source observations and retain each field-level unit, boundary, status, and method; do not collapse the disclosure into one calculated value.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 15 August 2026

    GRI 306: Waste 2020

    Publisher
    Global Reporting Initiative
    Edition
    2020 edition; effective 1 January 2022; publisher file retrieved 15 August 2026
    Locator
    Edition and rights pages 1–2; Disclosure 306-3 page 12; Disclosure 306-4 pages 13–14; Disclosure 306-5 pages 15–16; definitions pages 18–20

    Supports: Official publisher reference linked specifically to the Sustopedia metric “Hazardous waste generated”; interpret it with the source-edition basis and limitations shown on this page.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Binding ESRS E5-5 under Regulation (EU) 2023/2772 consolidated 1 January 2025 and Directive 2008/98/EC consolidated 16 October 2025; effective GRI 306: Waste 2020; July 2026 ESRS is adopted-pending compatibility only.

  • Name site or operation, own-activities boundary, waste stream, material composition, waste code, classification authority, and hazardous property.
  • State t — metric tonnes of the named stream (1 t = 1,000 kg), or kg — kilograms for a source-native small quantity.
  • State original, wet, or dry mass basis; direct or estimated status; estimation method; generation interval; effluent rule; period; source; and assurance.
  • Keep radioactive waste separate and never infer disposal, treatment outcome, or legal compliance from generated mass.

Record-specific limitations

  • Mass does not measure toxicity, exposure, treatment quality, environmental outcome, or legal compliance.
  • Hazardous classification varies by jurisdiction and edition, and radioactive waste is not silently included.
  • Generated mass is not disposal mass; timing, storage, transfer, loss, and boundary differences remain visible.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.