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

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/scrap-dealer-asked-for-carbon-data-by-eaf-mill

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](https://senseible.earth/answers/does-scrap-count-as-zero-emissions-cbam)
- [EAF mill imported billets and scrap](https://senseible.earth/answers/brescia-eaf-mill-imported-billets-scrap-cbam)
- [Ship scrap EAF rebar](https://senseible.earth/answers/aliaga-ship-scrap-eaf-rebar-cbam-figure)

Sources: [CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard), [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.