Emission Factor

LDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial (market for LDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'LDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in production of beverage carton for UHT milk. 'LDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial' contain the following fractions: 20.6 % aluminium and 79.4 % low density polyethylene. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),'LDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial' has 10.9376% water on wet mass basis (89.0624% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (0.613166 on a dry matter basis). It has a higher heating value of 34.5813 MJ/kg and a lower heating value of 31.8375 MJ/kg. 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 treatment option/s for this by-product include: municipal incineration. Based on the aforementioned treatments that 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.

PropertyValue
NameLDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial (market for LDPE/Alu in waste UHT milk carton (ambient) post-industrial)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 76973639-ec8d-4dd9-893c-987b26789f5a

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_ldpe_alu_in_waste_uht_milk_carton_ambient_post_industrial_market_for_ldpe_alu_in_waste_uht_milk_carton_ambient_post_industrial-disposal_method_na
UUID
1d162690-9d78-46e1-9bd0-0e715702ac3f
Code Snippet
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