Published December 19, 2025 | Version v1

UNFC G-axis use for recycling projects

  • 1. Environment Agency Austria
  • 2. ROR icon Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • 3. ROR icon Flemish Institute for Technological Research
  • 4. ROR icon Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
  • 5. Empa Standort Sankt Gallen
  • 6. ROR icon Geological Survey of Sweden
  • 7. Centre scientifique et technique du BRGM à Orléans
  • 1. Northwest Territories Geological Survey

Description

The United Nations Framwork Classification for Resources (UNFC) is a principle-based system to classify mineral and energy projects based on their maturity level and to communicate production forecasts. This reports focuses on production forecasts of recycling projects. It builds on existing UNFC documents and aims to build a common understanding to determine the degree of confidence (DoC) in the estimate of production forecasts. An example on the classification of a plastic recycling project consideres alternative options to define the DoC and explains their meaning to bring more clarity for UNFC practitioners and end-users.

Disclaimer: The content of this report is closely aligned with the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) and supporting documents, being developed, maintained and promoted by the UNECE Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM). EGRM members and UNFC experts have been consulted in the work, but this report has been developed outside the auspices of UNECE EGRM and its G-axis Task Force and might not fully reflect their views. 

 

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Subtitle (English)
A discussion paper on the degree of confidence of estimates of future product quantities associated with recycling projects

Funding

European Commission
FutuRaM - Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials 101058522