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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 Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    Source evidence
    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
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    C.C2.1
    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
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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) × 100

Apply 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

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
W_recycledWeight of hazardous waste recycled for reuseWeight of hazardous waste generated during production that was recycled for reuse within the reported boundary.mass
W_generatedTotal weight of hazardous waste generatedTotal 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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Use with context

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.