China

Germany

Europe (Ecoinvent)

Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)

Spain

Japan

Korea, Republic of

Netherlands

Saudi Arabia

Thailand

Taiwan (Province of China)

United States of America (the)

Polycarbonate (production)

Global

Silicon - electronics grade (market for)

All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing

United Arab Emirates (the)

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Albania

Angola

Argentina

Austria

Australia

Barbados

Bangladesh

Belgium

Burkina Faso

Bulgaria

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Brazil

Bahamas

Bhutan

Belize

Canada

Alberta, CA

British Columbia, CA

Manitoba, CA

New Brunswick, CA

Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

Nova Scotia, CA

Northwest Territories, CA

Nunavut, CA

Ontario, CA

Prince Edward Island, CA

Quebec, CA

Saskatchewan, CA

Yukon, CA

Central African Republic

Congo

Switzerland

Côte d'Ivoire

Chile

Cameroon

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Estonia

Egypt

Ethiopia

Finland

Fiji

France

Gabon

United Kingdom

Grenada

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Hong Kong

Honduras

Croatia

Haiti

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

India

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iceland

Italy

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Cambodia

Kiribati

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Kuwait

Kazakhstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lebanon

Saint Lucia

Sri Lanka

Lesotho

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Morocco

Petrochemical manufacturing

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/275854/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276629/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276420/documentation

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Polycarbonate', is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet).
 The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Polycarbonate (polycarbonate production)

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276224/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The reference product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet).  The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/1121/documentation.

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/640/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276576/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/275659/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/275560/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276226/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/275833/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The Reference Product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/275936/documentation

Property	Value
Name	Polycarbonate (polycarbonate production) And 2 Other Names Polycarbonate (polycarbonate production) Polycarbonate (production)
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Chemical Products
Source	ecoinvent
Region	China (CN), Germany (DE), Europe (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_EUROPE), Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW), Spain (ES), Japan (JP), Korea, Republic of (KR), Netherlands (NL), Saudi Arabia (SA), Thailand (TH) View all 12 regions
Unit Type	Weight
Year	1996 2016
LCA Activity	source_specific

Polycarbonate (production)

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