Emission Factor

Steel in car shredder residue (treatment of steel in car shredder residue - municipal incineration)

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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 'steel in car shredder residue' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It can be sourced in many and various ways and therefore it can belong in the following waste categories: construction and demolition. It is primarily generated in automotive shredding treatment process steel processing and trellis system construction. 'steel in car shredder residue' contain the following fractions: 50% steel in Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR) burnable and 50% steel in ASR inert. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'steel in car shredder residue' has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has no heating value. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this by-product include: thermal (municipal incineration). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a non-hazardous waste. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameSteel in car shredder residue (treatment of steel in car shredder residue - municipal incineration)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2006
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_steel_in_car_shredder_residue_treatment_of_steel_in_car_shredder_residue_municipal_incineration
UUID
3e1fe488-47eb-436e-9932-cb73a46f4bd8
Code Snippet
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