Plastic flake - consumer electronics - for recycling (plastic flake production - consumer electronics - for recycling - by grinding/shredding - informal sector)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'plastic flake consumer electronics for recycling' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in grinding and shredding of consumer electronics. 'plastic flake consumer electronics for recycling' contain the following fractions: 100% plastic flake. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'plastic flake consumer electronics for recycling' has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has a lower heating value of 34.78 MJ/kg. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database this by-product is used in the following processes: plastic granulate production unspecified recycled formal sector; plastic granulate production unspecified recycled informal sector. 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 this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.