Emission Factor

Spent anion exchange resin from potable water production (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for spent anion exchange resin from potable water production. The Reference Product is spent anion exchange resin from potable water production. Spent anion exchange resin from potable water production is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in water treatment processes and uranium production activities. spent anion exchange resin from potable water production contain the following fractions: 100% anion exchange resin. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),spent anion exchange resin from potable water production has 50% water on wet mass basis (50% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (65.4% on a dry matter basis). It has a higher heating value of 16.06 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 Reference Product amount is -1. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/19195/documentation

PropertyValue
NameSpent anion exchange resin from potable water production (market for)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_spent_anion_exchange_resin_from_potable_water_production_market_for_spent_anion_exchange_resin_from_potable_water_production-disposal_method_na
UUID
9bc46372-d8a3-4066-b722-78940b7ee503
Code Snippet
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