Wastewater from particle board production (market for wastewater from particle board production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'wastewater from particle board production' is a by-product (wastewater) produced from industrial sources. It is generated from particle board and various timber production activities. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),'wastewater from particle board production' has the following physicochemical characteristics: C: 0 kg/m3 N: 0 kg/m3 P: 0 kg/m3. Further elements might be contained. The user is advised to check the specific composition of the WW. This kind of by-product (wastewater) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling wastewater outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this wastewater include: wastewater treatment plant. 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 wastewater is accounted in the respective market activity with the use of sewer infrastructure; users are encouraged to inspect and modify the average infrastructure length of the sewer for specific modelling cases. Transportation of wastewater through a sewer grid results in losses until the wastewater enters the wastewater treatment plant. Direct emissions due to those losses are considered in the market activity. Losses are regional specific and thus users are encouraged to inspect the regional modelling assumptions. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is -1.