Emission Factor

Waste plastic - consumer electronics - sorted (waste plastic - consumer electronics - sorted - Recycled Content cut-off)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. The collected plastic scrap is dismantled and segregated by recyclers. The material is segregated and sorted to ensure uniformity of the type of the plastic being recycled. Various methods such as salt water bath technique (density separation), identification through the smell of burning plastics, brittleness of the plastics and so on are used to identify and segregate different types of plastics The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste plastic - consumer electronics - sorted (waste plastic - consumer electronics - sorted - Recycled Content cut-off)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_sorted_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_sorted_recycled_content_cut_off
UUID
08a902a4-59c1-4e37-85a8-7f0719113dd3
Code Snippet
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