Polylactide - granulate (polylactide production - granulate)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Polylactide, granulate', is a plastic product of bio origin, it is 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: plastic films, bottles, cups for cold drinks, stiff packages like clamshells as well as degradable films. It can be processed on standard equipment and used in injection molding, injection stretch blow molding, and for the production of blown and cast films, biaxially oriented films, or transformed to extrusion paper-coating compounds, etc. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.