Emission Factor

Waste plastic plaster - for final disposal (treatment of waste plastic plaster - inert material landfill)

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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 'waste plastic plaster for final disposal' is a solid waste under the category of construction and demolition wastes. It is primarily generated in sorting process of end-of-life plastic plaster. 'waste plastic plaster for final disposal' contain the following fractions: 100% waste plastic plaster. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste plastic plaster for final disposal' has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (54% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 16.36 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: deposition (inert material landfill sanitary landfill). 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 ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste plastic plaster - for final disposal (treatment of waste plastic plaster - inert material landfill)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1995
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: 6edeb50c-1779-4a6b-91b2-15dd9c4c33c0

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_plastic_plaster_for_final_disposal_treatment_of_waste_plastic_plaster_inert_material_landfill
UUID
2e64b29f-f59e-4313-b66a-e97390bd1433
Code Snippet
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