Ghana

Global

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Waste - electrical and electronic cables (market for waste - electrical and electronic cables)

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belgium

Bulgaria

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Switzerland

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

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Greece

Croatia

Hungary

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Latvia

Montenegro

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Malta

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Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Russian Federation (the)

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Türkiye

Taiwan (Province of China)

Kosovo

Municipal solid waste (market for municipal solid waste)

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

South Africa

Waste glass (market for waste glass)

Waste graphical paper (market for waste graphical paper)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'waste electrical and electronic cables' 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: residential commercial and institutional. It is primarily generated in end-of-life of electrical and electronic devices as well as in the demolition of buildings and infrastructure. 'waste electrical and electronic cables' contain the following fractions: 62% Copper fror the cables and 38% wire insulation composed by 66.3% PVC 31.2% PE and Cu 2.5%. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste electrical and electronic cables' has 0.0979999999999981% water on wet mass basis (99.902% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (20.87% on a dry matter basis). It has a higher heating value of 10.54 MJ/kg and a lower heating value of 10.46 MJ/kg. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated in a specific treatment process and as such is not intended to be used as for modelling waste outputs from other activities. In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this by-product include: uncontrolled forms of disposal (open burning). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a non-hazardous waste.  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 Waste. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is -1.

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. The composition of waste electrical and electronic cables (62% copper and 38% "wire insulation for copper cables") is documented in literature. The fraction "wire insulation for copper cables" is composed by 66.3% PVC, 31.2% PE and Cu 2.5%.
Reference: Amoyaw-Osei, Y & Agyekum, O.O. & Pwamang, John & Thiébaud (-Müller), Esther & Fasko, R & Schluep, Mathias. (2011). Ghana e-waste country assessment. SBC e-waste Africa project.
Doka G. (2009) Life Cycle Inventories of Waste Treatment Services. ecoinvent report
No. 13. Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, St. Gallen The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is -1.

Property	Value
Name	Waste - electrical and electronic cables (market for waste - electrical and electronic cables)
Sector	Waste
Category	Waste Product
Source	ecoinvent
Region	Ghana (GH), Global (GLOBAL), Rest-of-World (RoW)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2010
LCA Activity	unknown

Waste - electrical and electronic cables (market for waste - electrical and electronic cables)

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