Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (production)

The activity generating the emissions is ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer production. The reference product is ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, 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 and plastic goods industries, sealants in meat and dairy packaging structures, footwear, wire and cable insulation, pipes, toys, corks, photovoltaic encapsulation, medical packaging, hot melt adhesives, and lamination of glass to improve impact resistance. 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/8787/documentation.