Emission Factor

Waste paperboard - sorted (treatment of waste paperboard - 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 'waste paperboard sorted' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in sorting of waste paperboard. 'waste paperboard sorted' contain the following fractions: 100% sorted waste paperboard. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste paperboard sorted' has 24.3781094527363% water on wet mass basis (80.4% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has a lower heating value of 15.92 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: containerboard production fluting medium recycled; containerboard production fluting medium semichemical; containerboard production fluting medium semichemical 40% recycled content; containerboard production linerboard kraftliner; containerboard production linerboard testliner; folding boxboard carton production; white lined chipboard carton production. 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 ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste paperboard - sorted (treatment of waste paperboard - unsorted - sorting)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
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_paperboard_sorted_treatment_of_waste_paperboard_unsorted_sorting
UUID
91ee9c4d-8b47-43a6-b454-12efda35ce45
Code Snippet
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