TNFD waste generation, disposal and recovery
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated, disposed and diverted by treatment route.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period or reference date declared for the TNFD disclosure
- Aggregation
- Aggregate only compatible observations with shared locations, ecosystems, value-chain positions, periods, units and methods.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Pollution and pollution removal
- Controlled domain
- Pollution
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Waste inside the declared reporting boundary, without netting generation, disposal and recovery routes.
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 Disclosurer012
TNFD LEAP approach
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.1, October 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- TNFD LEAP Approach v1.1, Annex 1, Table 22, PDF page 160, metric row 3
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- PDF page 79, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Pollution/pollution removal, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 43, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Pollution/pollution removal, C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 61, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.3
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- p. 68, table continuation immediately preceding C2.3, Real estate; Real estate services guidance
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, January 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- p. 67, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 67, Pollution/pollution removal, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 47, Section 3.1 core-global metric application table, C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- PDF p.48, Pollution/pollution removal table, Metric C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- p. 61, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Pollution/pollution removal, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 66; Section 3.1 core global metric application table; Pollution/pollution removal; Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 56, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Pollution/pollution removal, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 77, section/table row C2.2, Pollution/pollution removal
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 62, Section 3.1 core global metric application table, Pollution/pollution removal, Metric C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- PDF page 92, TNFD Metric No./TNFD indicator table
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- p. 76, metric table, C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- Page 64, Core global metrics table, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2025
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- p. 58, core global metrics table, Metric no. C2.2
- Adopting DisclosureC2.2
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2026
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- pp. 98-99, Metric no. C2.2, Waste generation and disposal table row
- Adopting DisclosureUnnumbered in source
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 2.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Reuses Canonical Metric
- Mapping outcome
- Reused
- Source locator
- p. 30, table, Pollution/pollution removal — Waste generation and disposal
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2 | Page 90, Table 8, A2.1 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, Table 8, A2.0, p.90 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, page 98, metric A23.1.
- Adopting Disclosure01b7e4ed88f75b9ab9d4
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 98, metric A23.1 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, page 98, metric A23.1.
- Adopting Disclosure1a2d61dc12122cce46de
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure1c8237abed5aadee894b
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure1ddef87dbfce379e8efb
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure31cd5aed34bb1e634beb
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure3a0c9021b145c72217ed
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 90, Table 8, A2.1
- Adopting Disclosure41fd1f12de3e69ab4ed2
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure4b58d53d0115841480d4
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure4dd90b27162719b5c642
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure530a3348a28f40886ab1
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure7bcf443a55675a146889
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosure844bcf767c2f828ade7f
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 90, Table 8, A2.0 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, Table 8, A2.0, p.90
- Adopting Disclosure8f4a75a118dca92a4d0b
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosurea601b2ca030c4f3dae4f
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosurea734fb9161c92ef4fac4
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosureb54dcc6bf722d80b2739
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosurec4111791d83c49291509
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosurec82003a652d0d705071b
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
- Adopting Disclosureed052429e7f44c82f6e6
TNFD Recommendations
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — see field-level units
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period or reference date declared for the TNFD disclosure
Unit meaning: Each field uses its source-defined unit and retains the applicable location, ecosystem type, value-chain position, status and method.
Table fields and units
- Hazard class
- Waste type
- Outcome
- Treatment route
- Weight
- Unit
- Boundary
Published dimensions
- Hazard class
- Outcome
- Treatment route
- Waste type
- Location
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. Source occurrences are consolidated into tnfd-waste-generation-disposal-and-recovery while preserving TNFD location, ecosystem, value-chain, status and method dimensions.
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 27 August 2026
Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- September 2023
- Locator
- Page 84, table row C2.2 | Page 90, Table 8, A2.1 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, Table 8, A2.0, p.90 | TNFD Recommendations, September 2023, Annex 2, page 98, metric A23.1.
Supports: The official TNFD Recommendations source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “TNFD waste generation, disposal and recovery”.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, September 2023.
- Direct operations, upstream or downstream value-chain boundary
- Geographic location and priority-location status
- Metric number, core or additional status and comply-or-explain treatment
- Measured amount, field-level unit, period and method
- Exclusions, estimates and aggregation basis
Record-specific limitations
- Combine only observations with compatible locations, ecosystem types, value-chain positions, periods, units and methods.
- TNFD core, additional, sector and placeholder status must remain explicit.
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.