Emission Factor

Waste building wood - chrome preserved (treatment of waste building wood - chrome preserved - municipal incineration)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'waste building wood chrome preserved' is a solid waste under the category of construction and demolition wastes. It is primarily generated in construction and demolition of building infrastructure. 'waste building wood chrome preserved' contain the following fractions: 100% chrome-preserved building wood. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'waste building wood chrome preserved' has 20% water on wet mass basis (80% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only non-fossil origin (50% on a dry matter basis). It has a higher heating value of 15.36 MJ/kg and a lower heating value of 13.99 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: thermal (municipal incineration). 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 ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste building wood - chrome preserved (treatment of waste building wood - chrome preserved - municipal incineration)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2006
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_building_wood_chrome_preserved_treatment_of_waste_building_wood_chrome_preserved_municipal_incineration
UUID
9b2785bf-a6fc-4948-8fe5-23f2063f8c79
Code Snippet
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