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Waste polyethylene - for recycling - sorted (treatment of waste polyethylene - unsorted - sorting)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of waste polyethylene, for recycling, unsorted, sorting. The Reference Product is waste polyethylene, for recycling, sorted. Sorted waste PE bottles (including caps and labels) for recycling The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/16716/documentation

PropertyValue
NameWaste polyethylene - for recycling - sorted (treatment of waste polyethylene - unsorted - sorting)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
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_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_sorted_treatment_of_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted_sorting-disposal_method_na
UUID
8c704d62-b649-4c4f-9446-06b2ed084108
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