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12. Recycling Methodology<br />

All scrap arising at the end of life is considered via a downstream credit in the amount of the ‘value of<br />

scrap’. To assign an end of life credit, a material recovery rate is to be specified which represents in<br />

the best case the exact individual final product characteristic, but in most cases is considered as an<br />

average or sector-specific recovery rate.<br />

Upstream burden<br />

‘Value of Scrap ’<br />

Material<br />

Production<br />

Product<br />

Manufacturing<br />

Product<br />

in Use<br />

Figure 10: Schematic implementation of the IISI Recycling Approach<br />

Product ’s<br />

End of Life<br />

Downstream credit<br />

‘Value of Scrap ’<br />

Even though Figure 10 includes the life cycle phases of product manufacturing, product in use and<br />

the product’s end of life, the LCI data generated and provided by EUROFER and IISI does not include<br />

these life cycle steps. What is included is the material/steel production including the upstream<br />

burdens as well as the end of life scrap credit, which is considered in the ‘value of scrap’.<br />

The ‘value of scrap’ ecoprofile is calculated on the basis of the LCI data from the IISI LCI study in<br />

2000 provided by IISI and following the IISI recycling methodology.<br />

12.4. Outlook<br />

The recycling methodology is incorporated within the IISI LCI data for the 14 steel products for which<br />

they provide data, and therefore the data that is provided on the European Commission’s ELCD will<br />

also contain the credits and burdens associated with the scrap in the steel production process. The<br />

methodology has also been incorporated within the GaBi 4 modelling software for use within the<br />

individual case study products for this project. This model is available for use by IISI and other<br />

approved organisations and member companies.<br />

48 The European Steel Industry’s Contribution to an Integrated Product Policy – Final Report

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