Carbon Metric Publications
The carbon metric was developed as a ground-breaking tool in the fight against global climate change.
It measures the whole-life carbon impacts of Scotland’s waste, from resource extraction and manufacturing emissions, right through to waste management emissions, regardless of where in the world these impacts occur. After all, climate change is a global problem.
The carbon metric has since evolved even further into the Scottish Waste Environment Footprint Tool (SWEFT).
Scottish Waste Environmental Footprint Tool
SWEFT has been developed in response to the ongoing environmental crisis. SWEFT provides a broader picture of the true environmental impact of the things we dispose of from our homes, it looks beyond the carbon impacts and widens the focus to a broad set of environmental indicators that includes: climate change, biodiversity loss, air pollution, water consumption, mineral resource scarcity, and land use.
Carbon metric reports
Archive Carbon Metric Reports
Since 2011, Scotland has been measuring the lifecycle impacts of waste - demonstrating how waste reduction and sustainable waste management can play a critical role in the fight against climate change.
Click on any year below to expand and view the reports from that period.
2018
- The Carbon Footprint of Scotland's Household Waste Summary Report (reporting year 2017)
- The Carbon Footprint of Scotland's Waste Summary Report (reporting year 2016)
- The Carbon Footprint of Scotland's Waste Technical Report (reporting year 2016)
- Carbon Metric Factors Table (reporting year 2016)
- Carbon Metric Infographic (reporting year 2016)