Emission Factor

Containerboard - fluting medium (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for containerboard, fluting medium. The reference product is containerboard, fluting medium. The product containerboard, fluting medium is a specific type of board. Containerboard is the umbrella term for linerboard and fluting medium, which are both required to produce corrugated board. Linerboard is a flat layer of board, which can be further distinguished in kraftliner and testliner, depending on whether it is of virgin or recycled origin, respectively. Fluting medium is the corrugated middle layer between a top and bottom layer of linerboard. Together all three layers constitute corrugated board. This product is a mix of virgin fluting medium (commonly called semichemical fluting) and recycled fluting (wellenstoff). The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. 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/18165/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameContainerboard - fluting medium (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryPaper and Cardboard
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2008
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
paper_and_cardboard-type_containerboard_fluting_medium_market_for_containerboard_fluting_medium
UUID
827d1678-2f7f-4ea6-8557-80687232f046
Code Snippet
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