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Waste plastic - consumer electronics - unsorted (market for waste plastic - consumer electronics - unsorted)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This represents the e-waste plastic collected from the market. These wastes generally mixed in nature contains mainly Polycarbonate (PC) High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Poly Propylene (PP) etc.. The plastic is purchased from the Tikkri Kalan Market (informal recyclers) or from e-waste recyclers/OEMs (formal recyclers). The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste plastic - consumer electronics - unsorted (market for waste plastic - consumer electronics - unsorted)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2017
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_unsorted_market_for_waste_plastic_consumer_electronics_unsorted
UUID
54ebba1b-815b-40ac-a371-373141f763e2
Code Snippet
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