Polystyrene - general purpose (polystyrene production)

The activity generating the emissions is polystyrene production, general purpose. The reference product is polystyrene, general purpose. Polystyrene, general purpose, 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: many applications such as food and non-food packaging, disposable cups and cutlery, furniture, toys and consumer goods, as well as electronics and appliances. 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/1586/documentation.