Emission Factor

Waste polyethylene - for recycling - sorted (treatment of waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted - sorting)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product sorted waste PE bottles (including caps and labels) for recycling The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste polyethylene - for recycling - sorted (treatment of waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted - sorting)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 4fb48eec-9d7d-4b50-93f4-e7be943dd93f

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_sorted_treatment_of_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted_sorting
UUID
366e7e79-852d-4432-9520-a1044c899e8d
Code Snippet
Request
Response
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.climatiq.io/estimate \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLIMATIQ_API_KEY" \
--data '{
"emission_factor": {
"activity_id": "waste_management-type_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_sorted_treatment_of_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted_sorting",
"source": "ecoinvent",
"region": "US",
"year": 2010,
"source_lca_activity": "na",
"data_version": "^0"
},
"parameters": {
"weight": 80,
"weight_unit": "t"
}
}'
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