# What is the carbon footprint of the paper cones yarn is wound on?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/paper-yarn-cone-carbon-footprint

Paper cones are small per kg of yarn, but a spinning mill uses millions. Weigh a cone, multiply by cones bought and use a paperboard factor from your supplier or a named database. Cones taken back and reused cut the figure.

## Calculate

- Cone weight in grams.
- Cones bought per year, from invoices.
- Paperboard factor, labelled with source.

## Which scope

Cones you buy are Category 1. Cones shipped to weavers go into their Scope 3 and, at end of life, your Category 12.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads the energy invoices behind the making stage into a fingerprinted Scope 1 and 2 record, and keeps material invoices on the Scope 3 trail. Material factors come from your supplier or a named database and are labelled with their source, so the product figure can be traced line by line.

- [Yarn dyeing footprint](https://senseible.earth/answers/yarn-dyeing-carbon-footprint-per-kg)
- [Packaging HSN codes](https://senseible.earth/answers/hsn-codes-for-packaging-materials-scope-3)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.