Emission Factor

Extrusion - plastic film (extrusion - plastic film)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is delivering the service of 'extrusion plastic film'. Extrusion is the term used to describe the continuous manufacture of a semifinished plastic product (film sheet pipe profile). An extrusion line consists of the following: 1. Extruder 2. Mold or die 3. Calibration and cooling 4. Takeoff 5. Finishing In the service of extrusion 0.976 kg of extruded plastic film corresponds to 1 kg of this process. The converted amount of plastics is not included into the dataset. This service should be used along with 1 kg of thermoplastic material (e.g. polyethylene (PE) polypropylene acetal acrylic nylon polystyrene polyvinyl chloride (PVC) acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate). The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameExtrusion - plastic film (extrusion - plastic film)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1993
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: cf012723-4f8a-4f2d-9328-0a948323150f

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_extrusion_plastic_film_extrusion_plastic_film
UUID
bf5c6424-2232-491d-bb6e-d06814bc1dfc
Code Snippet
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