Emission Factor

Waste paper - unsorted (market for waste paper - unsorted)

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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 'waste paper unsorted' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in paper production plastic production electricity production activities. 'waste paper unsorted' contain the following fractions: 100% unsorted waste paper. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste paper unsorted' has 0% water on wet mass basis (90% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has a lower heating value of 14.11 MJ/kg. 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 this by-product is used in the following processes: fibre cement corrugated slab production; fibre cement roof slate production; graphic paper production 100% recycled; treatment of waste paper to pulp wet lap totally chlorine free bleached; treatment of waste paper unsorted sorting. 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 Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste paper - unsorted (market for waste paper - unsorted)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
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_waste_paper_unsorted_market_for_waste_paper_unsorted
UUID
5e7b4609-cc32-4106-b11f-d64d0c10d84f
Code Snippet
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