Emission Factor

Waste paperboard (market for waste paperboard)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'waste paperboard' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in a wide range of production activities in many different sectors. 'waste paperboard' contain the following fractions: 100% waste paperboard. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste paperboard' has 19.6% water on wet mass basis (80.4% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only non-fossil origin (48.33% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 15.92 MJ/kg. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database treatment option/s for this by-product include: deposition (inert material landfill sanitary landfill unsanitary landfill) thermal (municipal incineration) uncontrolled forms of disposal (open dump open burning). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a non-hazardous waste. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste paperboard (market for waste paperboard)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2018
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_type_waste_paperboard_market_for_waste_paperboard-disposal_method_na
UUID
9a74190f-60a7-4db5-9ff2-6a2fcf7c0d09
Code Snippet
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