Inert waste - for final disposal (market for inert waste - for final disposal)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'inert waste for final disposal' is a solid waste under the category of construction and demolition wastes. It can be sourced in many and various ways and therefore it can belong in the following waste categories: industrial. It is primarily generated in a wide range of production construction activities in different sectors. 'inert waste for final disposal' contain the following fractions: 100% inert waste (inorganic building materials like concrete and bricks excavation materials similar materials). By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'inert waste for final disposal' has 0.5% water on wet mass basis (99.5% 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: deposition (inert material landfill). 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 market activity. The reference product amount is -1.