Latex (production)

The activity generating the emissions is latex production. The reference product is latex. Latex, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoset material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: main application in tires and tire products, automotive parts, and mechanical rubber goods. Other industrial applications include hoses, belts, gaskets, seals, shoe soles in footwear, electrical wire and cable insulation. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/105/documentation.