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Road wear emissions - passenger car (treatment of road wear emissions - passenger car)

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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 'road wear emissions passenger car' represents the non-exhaust emissions (tyre brake road wear and petrol evaporation emissions) produced by 1kg road wear from average passenger car. It is handled with a treatment process because it models the removal of substances (tyre material) from the technosphere. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameRoad wear emissions - passenger car (treatment of road wear emissions - passenger car)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2012
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_road_wear_emissions_passenger_car_treatment_of_road_wear_emissions_passenger_car
UUID
836ff772-0098-443b-84c3-f882937ee1eb
Code Snippet
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