Emission Factor

Paper - woodcontaining - lightweight coated (paper production - woodcontaining - lightweight coated)

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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 "paper wood containing lightweight coated" also called LWC paper is a type of graphic paper. More specific it is a coated mechanical paper which means that less than 90% of the fibres are in form of chemical pulp. Coated means that this paper is on one or even both sides coated with a coating mineral like kaolin or calcium carbonate. Usually this kind of paper mills contain an integrated mechanical pulp production and sometimes also an integrated deinking equipment for recovered paper. The used sulfate pulp is usually produced outside of the paper mill. This paper grade is predominantly used for print materials such as magazines and journals that require a higher paper quality than newsprint paper. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NamePaper - woodcontaining - lightweight coated (paper production - woodcontaining - lightweight coated)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryPaper and Cardboard
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2000
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
paper_and_cardboard-type_paper_woodcontaining_lightweight_coated_paper_production_woodcontaining_lightweight_coated
UUID
bfbab329-ae81-4c09-8e48-e6717025176d
Code Snippet
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