Emission Factor

Plastics rigid waste disposal (landfill)

8.986kgCO2e/tonne

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity for LDPE and LLDPE waste (incl. forming) disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2019: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NamePlastics rigid waste disposal (landfill)
SectorWaste
CategoryPlastic Waste
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2019
Region
Unit Type
Year
2019
Year Released
2019
Emission Factor
  • CO2e8.986kg/tonne
LCA Activity
gate_to_grave
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_plastics_rigid-disposal_method_landfill
UUID
8e3c150d-61d2-49f8-8518-5f0ebb737989
Code Snippet
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