Polyethylene - high density - granulate (polyethylene production)

The activity generating the emissions is polyethylene production, high density, granulate. The reference product is polyethylene, high density, granulate. Polyethylene, high density, granulate, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: packaging material including crates, trays, bottles, food packaging, jerry cans, drums, industrial bulk containers etc, food containers, toys, petrol tanks, industrial wrapping and film, fibres and textiles like in ropes, fishing and sport nets, nets for agricultural use, industrial and decorative fabrics, pipes, wiring and cables. 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/8994/documentation.