Fact register · PCUDE-S-ODP-STRATY

End-of-life losses (landfill, dissipation, exports in used products), Germany (copper)

182.6 kt

DE · 2024 · Cu copper

± 47 tys. t (standard deviation)

Note: 2024 balance, kt of contained Cu: value reconciled by weighted least squares (WLS); standard deviation after reconciliation 47.0; input data 181.0 ± 50.0 (class C estimate).

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Primary source: Copper flow in Germany, 2024 balance – model estimates with a wide uncertainty interval (ai-waw.com) · ai-waw.com (calculations); data: Aurubis (annual report, quarterly reports, EMAS declaration), BGR, Destatis, Eurostat (Comext, PRODCOM), plant reports
Source class: C
Source licence: primary data under the publishers' licences; calculations by ai-waw.com
Checked: 2026-10-06
Verification: reconciled in the balance
In analysis: Copper Flows in Germany · AIWAW-2026-PCUDE v1.2 · all facts of the analysis

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