European Union

Rest-of-World

Aluminium scrap - new (market for aluminium scrap - new)

Austria

Australia

Belgium

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Switzerland

China

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

France

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

India

Italy

Korea, Republic of

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Central Asia and Pacific Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

East Europe and Iceland

Africa except Egypt and South Africa

Latin America except Brazil

Middle East, Asia and Egypt

Russian Federation (the)

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Taiwan (Province of China)

United States of America (the)

South Africa

Food waste for treatment: waste water treatment

Other waste for treatment: waste water treatment

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Colombia

Iceland

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Peru

Serbia

Kosovo

Waste packaging paper (market for waste packaging paper)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'aluminium scrap new' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It can be sourced in many and various ways and therefore it can belong in the following waste categories: construction and demolition. It is primarily generated in aluminium industry or in construction activities. 'aluminium scrap new' contain the following fractions: 100% aluminium without impurities. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'aluminium scrap new' has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has no heating value. 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 this by-product is used in the following processes: aluminium alloy production AlLi; aluminium alloy production Metallic Matrix Composite; aluminium production primary cast alloy slab from continuous casting; treatment of aluminium scrap new at refiner; treatment of aluminium scrap new at remelter.  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.

Property	Value
Name	Aluminium scrap - new (market for aluminium scrap - new)
Sector	Waste
Category	Waste Management
Source	ecoinvent
Region	European Union (EU), Rest-of-World (RoW)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	1995 2011
LCA Activity	unknown

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Aluminium scrap - new (market for aluminium scrap - new)	European Union	ecoinvent	1995	Weight
Aluminium scrap - new (market for aluminium scrap - new)	Rest-of-World	ecoinvent	2011	Weight

Aluminium scrap - new (market for aluminium scrap - new)

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