Emission Factor

Spoil from hard coal mining (treatment of - in surface landfill)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of spoil from hard coal mining, in surface landfill. The Reference Product is spoil from hard coal mining. Spoil from hard coal mining is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in hard coal mining and chemicals and plastics production activities. spoil from hard coal mining contain the following fractions: 100% hard coal mining spoil. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),spoil from hard coal mining has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (0.79% on a dry matter basis). It has no heating value. 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, this by-product is used in the following processes: treatment of spoil from hard coal mining, in surface 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 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/9313/documentation

PropertyValue
NameSpoil from hard coal mining (treatment of - in surface landfill)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1985
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_spoil_from_hard_coal_mining_treatment_of_spoil_from_hard_coal_mining_in_surface_landfill-disposal_method_landfill
UUID
3f10fe78-b5d6-4447-ad66-18343b417256
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