Emission Factor

Used intermodal shipping container - 40-foot - high-cube (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for used intermodal shipping container, 40-foot, high-cube. The reference product is used intermodal shipping container, 40-foot, high-cube. Used intermodal shipping container, 40-foot, high-cube is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in end-of-life of 20-foot intermodal shipping container. used intermodal shipping container, 40-foot, high-cube contain the following fractions: steel, rubber and wood. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),used intermodal shipping container, 40-foot, high-cube has 0.731770833333331% water on wet mass basis (99.2682291666667% dry matter) and Carbon present is of both fossil (1.09% on a dry matter basis), and non-fossil origin (5.16% 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 used intermodal shipping container, 40-foot, high-cube. 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/14223/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameUsed intermodal shipping container - 40-foot - high-cube (market for)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_used_intermodal_shipping_container_40_foot_high_cube_market_for_used_intermodal_shipping_container_40_foot_high_cube-disposal_method_na
UUID
561314bf-a1fc-464f-8968-54aa37745d3b
Code Snippet
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