Tube insulation - elastomere (market for tube insulation - elastomere)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "tube insulation elastomere" represents rubber foam pipes. Tube insulation materials can be used for example as insulation material for warm water pipes of solar collectors. The production process can be divided into pre-production involving a synthetic rubber mass being kneaded and rolled out to rubber basic furs and the finishing process including vulcanisation of the tubes. The product is cut to size labelled and packed in cardboard. Most (82%) of the production wastes are recycled within the same production process. The specific weight is estimated with 75kg/m3. This product does not include the end-of-life of materials used to construct it. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.