Emission Factor

Waste plastic plaster - for final disposal (market for waste plastic plaster - for final disposal)

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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 plastic plaster for final disposal' is a solid waste under the category of construction and demolition wastes. It is primarily generated in sorting process of end-of-life plastic plaster. 'waste plastic plaster for final disposal' contain the following fractions: 100% waste plastic plaster. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste plastic plaster for final disposal' has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (54% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 16.36 MJ/kg. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated in a specific treatment process and as such is not intended to be used as for modelling waste outputs from other activities. In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this by-product include: deposition (inert material landfill sanitary 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.

PropertyValue
NameWaste plastic plaster - for final disposal (market for waste plastic plaster - for final disposal)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
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_type_waste_plastic_plaster_for_final_disposal_market_for_waste_plastic_plaster_for_final_disposal-disposal_method_na
UUID
bdad28e3-7536-46b9-aa36-40157509cea3
Code Snippet
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