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Brake wear emissions - lorry (treatment of)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of brake wear emissions, lorry. The Reference Product is brake wear emissions, lorry. Brake wear emissions, lorry represents the non-exhaust emissions (tyre, brake and road wear) produced by 1kg brake wear from road freight transport by lorry. It is handled with a treatment process because it models the removal of substances (tyre material) from the technosphere. The Reference Product amount is -1. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/10606/documentation

PropertyValue
NameBrake wear emissions - lorry (treatment of)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Europe (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_EUROPE)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2009
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_brake_wear_emissions_lorry_treatment_of_brake_wear_emissions_lorry-disposal_method_na
UUID
3265f515-87d5-4177-90d4-105e34ea3514
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