Hazardous waste recycled for reuse during production
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Percentage of hazardous waste generated during production that is recycled for reuse, reported for applicable direct-operation, downstream and end-of-life stages.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- % — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period used by the reporting organization.
- Aggregation
- Sum the weight of hazardous waste recycled for reuse and divide by the summed weight of hazardous waste generated for the same reporting boundary and period.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Waste and resource circularity
- Controlled domain
- Materials, circularity and waste
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Hazardous waste generated during production across applicable direct operations, downstream activities and end-of-life stages.
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 DisclosureSource evidence
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- TNFD additional sector guidance, Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, metric C.C2.1 | Source evidence: percentage of hazardous waste generated during production recycled for reuse, calculated as recycled hazardous-waste weight divided by total hazardous-waste weight generated. | Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, Metric no. C.C2.1
- Adopting DisclosureC.C2.1
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, Metric no. C.C2.1
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- % — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period used by the reporting organization.
Unit meaning: Values use % under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.
Table fields and units
- Value-chain stage
- Hazardous waste recycled for reuse
- Hazardous waste generated
- Hazardous waste recycled for reuse (%)
Published dimensions
- Value-chain stage: direct operations, downstream or end-of-life
- Hazardous-waste classification applied
- Weight of hazardous waste recycled for reuse
- Weight of hazardous waste generated
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
Hazardous waste recycled for reuse (%) = (weight of hazardous waste recycled for reuse ÷ total weight of hazardous waste generated) × 100Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. The source specifies a standalone percentage outcome, its numerator and denominator, and an applicable value-chain boundary. It is distinct from absolute hazardous-waste generation metrics and from hazardous-waste reporting under other frameworks.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
W_recycled | Weight of hazardous waste recycled for reuse | Weight of hazardous waste generated during production that was recycled for reuse within the reported boundary. | mass |
W_generated | Total weight of hazardous waste generated | Total weight of hazardous waste generated during production within the same reporting boundary and period. | mass |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026
TNFD additional sector guidance collection
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
- Locator
- TNFD additional sector guidance, Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, metric C.C2.1 | Source evidence: percentage of hazardous waste generated during production recycled for reuse, calculated as recycled hazardous-waste weight divided by total hazardous-waste weight generated. | Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, Metric no. C.C2.1
Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Hazardous waste recycled for reuse during production”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).
- Hazardous-waste classification and applicable regulatory or organizational definition.
- Definition of recycling for reuse and treatment routes included or excluded.
- Weight measurement method and any estimation methodology.
- Value-chain stages included in the reporting boundary.
Record-specific limitations
- The reported percentage depends on the hazardous-waste classification and waste measurement methods used.
- Waste recycled for reuse must be consistently distinguished from other treatment, disposal or recovery routes.
- Comparability is limited where value-chain stages included in the boundary differ.
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.