Emission Factor

Waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted (market for waste polyethylene - for recycling - 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 consumers can deposit empty PE bottles at the bigger retailers that sell PE bottles. The retro-logistic is mainly organised and integrated in the logistic process of the involved retailers. The composition of the collected materials is extrapolated from waste PE bottles collected {CH} which delivers 86 % PE (bottles and caps) 5 % labels and 9 % impurities (low quality PE and other plastics). The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted (market for waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted_market_for_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted
UUID
a79145cd-113f-45e3-ab22-1e0ff11cc897
Code Snippet
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