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Polymer foaming (polymer foaming)

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Ammonium nitrate - CaCO3 or inorganic non-fertilisers

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is delivering the service of 'polymer foaming'. Foams are generated by adding physical (gases and low-boiling compounds) or chemical blowing agents (gas-releasing compounds) to the polymer. In principle all polymers can be foamed but only a limited number of materials have been employed in the manufacture of foams such as the thermoplastics polystyrene poly(vinyl chloride) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) as well as phenolic and polyurethane resins.                  In the service of foaming 1 kg of input corresponds to 1 kg of expanded plastics. The converted amount of plastics is not included into the dataset. Thus it should be used along 1 kg of plastic that can be foamed(usually polystyrene). The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Emission intensity of the supply chain per Canadian dollar spent on: basic organic chemicals. Retrieved from the OpenIO-Canada v2.9 model which is a Canadian Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) model. The emission factor is provided in purchaser price including taxes retail margins and distribution costs. Endogenization is not included meaning the emission factor does not account for capital goods.

Basic organic chemicals

Emission intensity of supply chain (purchase of service/standard good/capital good) in US dollars spend on: chemicals and chemical products. Factors retrieved from the Quantis+GHG Protocol Scope 3 Calculator for the year 2016 and apply for years beyond 2016. The same emission factor applies to different types of investments in joint ventures/subsidiaries/associate companies that were not captured in Scope 1 emissions.

Chemicals and chemical products

Emission intensity of supply chain (with margins i.e. cradle to shelf) in US dollars spend on: chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds). This factor is representative of the described commodity (equivalent to a goods or services category) and was obtained from the USEEIO model v1.0.1. Refer to the source for the source-specific data quality assessment. Retrieved from Supply Chain Factors Dataset v1.1.1

Chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds)

Emission intensity of supply chain (with margins i.e. cradle to shelf) in US dollars spend on: chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds). This factor is representative of the described commodity (equivalent to a goods or services category) and was obtained from the USEEIO model. Refer to the source for the source-specific data quality assessment.

Emission intensity of supply chain in EUR spend on: chemicals (not specified in other EXIOBASE emission factors). Retrieved from the EXIOBASE v3.8.2 model outputs for products. These factors were calculated based on 2019 data. They include emissions from land-use. The split into constituent gases is not provided as the source does not provide a split of gases. The LCA boundaries of these factors are not defined by the source. These factors include effects of international trade.

Chemicals (not elsewhere specified)

Property	Value
Name	Polymer foaming (polymer foaming)
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Chemical Products
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Quebec, CA (CA-QC), European Union (EU), Rest-of-World (RoW)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	1995
LCA Activity	Refer to source

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Polymer foaming (polymer foaming)	Quebec, CA	ecoinvent	1995	Weight
Polymer foaming (polymer foaming)	European Union	ecoinvent	1995	Weight
Polymer foaming (polymer foaming)	Rest-of-World	ecoinvent	1995	Weight
Basic organic chemicals	Alberta, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	British Columbia, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Manitoba, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	New Brunswick, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Newfoundland and Labrador, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Nova Scotia, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Northwest Territories, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Nunavut, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Ontario, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Prince Edward Island, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Quebec, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Saskatchewan, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Basic organic chemicals	Yukon, CA	OpenIO-Canada	2020	Money
Chemicals and chemical products	Global	GHG Protocol	2016	Money
Chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2018	Money
Chemicals (except basic chemicals/agrichemicals/polymers/paints/pharmaceuticals/soaps/cleaning compounds)	United States of America (the)	EPA	2018	Money
Chemicals (not elsewhere specified)	Austria	EXIOBASE	2019	Money

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