Polyester resin - unsaturated (soy-based resin production)

The activity generating the emissions is soy-based resin production. The reference product is polyester resin, unsaturated. Polyester resin, unsaturated, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoset material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: coatings, adhesives, manufacturing of large glass fiber reinforced plastic articles like sanitary-ware, tanks, pipes, gratings, and high performance components for the marine and transportation industry such as closure panels, body panels, fenders, boat hulls and decks. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/410/documentation.