An electric arc furnace mill asks our scrap yard for carbon data. What should we give?

Under CBAM, scrap enters a steel figure at zero embedded emissions, so the mill mainly needs proof of what is scrap. For footprints, give your own emissions per tonne handled: diesel for cranes and trucks, electricity for shears and balers, and transport to the mill.

For CBAM

Scrap counts at zero, so records that show material is genuine scrap, by grade and source, matter more than a carbon figure.

For footprints

• Diesel for cranes, loaders and trucks.
• Electricity for shears, balers and shredders.
• Transport to the mill, per tonne.

Per tonne

Divide by tonnes sold; the figure is usually small next to steelmaking.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.

• Scrap at zero under CBAM
• EAF mill imported billets and scrap
• Ship scrap EAF rebar

Sources: CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated, GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.