Emission Factor

Container - for collection of post-consumer waste plastic for recycling (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for container, for collection of post-consumer waste plastic for recycling. The Reference Product is container, for collection of post-consumer waste plastic for recycling. Container for the collection of post-consumer waste plastic for recycling. The reference product is here modelled as a service, and the material flows at the end of the service life are included in the container production activity. The underlying data for the typical material requirements was obtained from PET Recycling Schweiz and represents the average material requirements over different types of single-way and reusable container types/systems. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/16704/documentation

PropertyValue
NameContainer - for collection of post-consumer waste plastic for recycling (market for)
SectorEquipment
CategoryStorage
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
equipment_storage-type_container_for_collection_of_post_consumer_waste_plastic_for_recycling_market_for_container_for_collection_of_post_consumer_waste_plastic_for_recycling
UUID
7664fb4d-7740-4cf5-90eb-a5feb1d041ee
Code Snippet
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