Emission Factor

Waste newspaper (market for waste newspaper)

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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 newspaper' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in newspaper production. 'waste newspaper' contain the following fractions: 100% waste newspaper. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste newspaper' has 14.7% water on wet mass basis (85.3% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only non-fossil origin (45.84% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 14.11 MJ/kg. 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 (sanitary landfill) thermal (municipal incineration). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a non-hazardous waste. In addition this by-product is used in the following processes: paper production newsprint recycled. 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 Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste newspaper (market for waste newspaper)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
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
waste_management-type_waste_newspaper_market_for_waste_newspaper
UUID
c6fed728-feb5-406a-be22-ba40ae6f5935
Code Snippet
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