Emission Factor

Folding boxboard carton (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is folding boxboard carton production. The Reference Product is folding boxboard carton. Folding Box Board FBB (also known as GC and UC) is a packaging grade of board used to manufacture cartons. It is typically made using predominantly virgin fibres, but may incoroprate some recovered fibres. This grade is typically made of mechanical pulp sandwiched between two layers of chemical pulp with up to three layers of coating on the top or printing surface and one layer of coating or sizing on the reverse. The manufacture of Folding Box Board, FBB, is to a large degree integrated but usually the required chemical pulp is purchased. Typical uses include pharmaceuticals, confectionery, frozen and chilled foods. The board is converted into a carton at a converting site which typically includes a printing process and cutting/creasing of the board into carton blanks, ready for delivery to and erection by the packer/filler. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/23552/documentation

PropertyValue
NameFolding boxboard carton (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryPaper and Cardboard
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
paper_and_cardboard-type_folding_boxboard_carton_folding_boxboard_carton_production
UUID
9444aa71-2c12-4029-bd60-1a7a98db76a3
Code Snippet
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