Emission Factor

Waste graphical paper (market for waste graphical paper)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'waste graphical paper' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in the production and treament activities of different type of paper as well as metals and minerals processing. 'waste graphical paper' contain the following fractions: 100% waste graphical paper. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste graphical paper' has 11.2% water on wet mass basis (88.8% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only non-fossil origin (45.5% on a dry matter basis). It has a higher heating value of 16.61 MJ/kg. 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 treatment option/s for this by-product include: deposition (sanitary landfill unsanitary landfill) thermal (municipal incineration) uncontrolled forms of disposal (open dump open burning). 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 cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste graphical paper (market for waste graphical paper)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_type_waste_graphical_paper_market_for_waste_graphical_paper-disposal_method_na
UUID
627196b7-4c1f-4131-aa14-05a180bfcbb8
Code Snippet
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