Emission Factor

Waste plastic - consumer electronics (treatment of waste plastic - consumer electronics - sanitary landfill - wet infiltration class (500mm))

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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 consumer electronics' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in the production of electronic consumer goods. 'waste plastic consumer electronics' contain the following fractions: 100% waste plastics from electronic consumer goods. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste plastic consumer electronics' has 15.3% water on wet mass basis (84.7% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (83.02% on a dry matter basis). It has a higher heating value of 36.29 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: deposition (sanitary landfill unsanitary landfill) thermal (municipal incineration) uncontrolled forms of disposal (open burning). 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 - consumer electronics (treatment of waste plastic - consumer electronics - sanitary landfill - wet infiltration class (500mm))
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2006
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_treatment_of_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_sanitary_landfill_wet_infiltration_class_500mm
UUID
35952e18-c2fd-43d5-9249-64dec87ff16d
Code Snippet
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