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Polyvinylchloride - flakes - recycled (treatment of waste plastic - mixed - recycling)

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The activity generating the emissions is treatment of waste plastic, mixed, recycling. The Reference Product is polyvinylchloride, flakes, recycled. Polyvinylchloride, flakes, recycled, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: Building products (window frames and other profiles, floor and wall coverings, roofing sheets, linings for tunnels, swimming-pools and reservoirs), piping (water and sewerage pipes and fittings, and ducts for power and telecommunications), coatings (tarpaulins, rainwear and corrugated metal sheets), insulation and sheathing for low voltage power supplies, telecommunications, appliances, and automotive applications, packaging, pharmaceuticals, food and confectionery, water and fruit juices, labels, presentation trays, automotive applications (cables, underbody coating and interior trimmings), medical products (blood bags, transfusion tubes and surgical gloves), leisure products (garden hoses, footwear, inflatable pools, tents). These flakes can be converted further in to pellets via pelletising. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/92577/documentation

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NamePolyvinylchloride - flakes - recycled (treatment of waste plastic - mixed - recycling)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Year
2022
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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