Emission Factor

Waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted (waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted - Recycled Content cut-off)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product consumers can deposit empty PE bottles at the bigger retailers that sell PE bottles. The retro-logistic is mainly organised and integrated in the logistic process of the involved retailers. The composition of the collected materials is extrapolated from waste PE bottles collected {CH} which delivers 86 % PE (bottles and caps) 5 % labels and 9 % impurities (low quality PE and other plastics). The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted (waste polyethylene - for recycling - unsorted - Recycled Content cut-off)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2023
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: a7ad74c6-7772-42d3-a38a-e5c84e21c9b3

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted_waste_polyethylene_for_recycling_unsorted_recycled_content_cut_off
UUID
8fd7ee9b-2ad9-4f4d-8915-b2f2e8dadff7
Code Snippet
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