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[End-of-life of sold products] Data collection guide

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Which data should be included in your data collection file?

General information
The aim of this module is to calculate the impact of your company’s waste during the studied year. The temporal scope of the study is the financial year of your GHG Report.
⚠️ To be processed by Greenly, the data provided must be in French 🇫🇷 or English 🇬🇧
You can find your module’s data collection file by clicking on the module > Tab “Data collection” > “Bulk import - via template”
🎯 The data collection file contains two type of data: mandatory and optional data

  • Mandatory data: It is the minimum necessary data to calculate the amount of CO2e related to this regulatory entry’s activities → Without it, no emissions can be computed.

  • Optional data: any additional data will increase the quality and granularity of the analysis, and provide you various areas of analysis.

Lightweight module

List of mandatory data:

  • Weight of waste per category

Advanced module

List of mandatory data:

  • Weight

  • Waste Type

  • Treatment type

  • Unit (mandatory in kg or mt)
    List of optional Data:

  • Name

  • Comment

  • Date

  • Supplier

How to upload your data to the Greenly platform?

To upload your data, click on the corresponding task on the Progress page or go to Data > Data Collection > Business Travel.
1/ You have two options to upload your data:

  • Manually, on the platform by clicking on "Single import"

  • Using the template by clicking on "Bulk import". The template is downloaded in the same language as the platform. When using it, we ask you to fill the English one with English data and the French one with French data. You can always download the other language on the READ ME page of the template.


    Whichever you use, please make sure to fill out the mandatory fields. You must fill at least one full group of blue columns on the template.
    Import your data in the section “Upload file”. You can also provide additional files to prove or support the data you’re submitting—for traceability and auditability, in the section “File Information (optional)”
    2/ Once your data uploaded, review it and then complete the module.
    If you do not have the necessary information to complete this module, you can click on "Skip” at the top right of the page.

Frequent errors in data format

General information

Advanced module

  • Column 1: Waste Type

  • Waste type not in the valid values

  • Column 2: Unit

  • Forgot to precise if tons are metric or short

  • Unit in m3, L, or UNIT cannot be calculated or with hypotheses to see with the client

  • Column 3: Treatment type

  • Left unfilled

Review your data and read your results

Once you have uploaded your data, you can flag the expenses related to the module to avoid double counting and access your results. To do so, please read the related article.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to [email protected]

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