Emission Factor

Thermoforming of plastic sheets

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is thermoforming of plastic sheets. The reference product is thermoforming of plastic sheets. This is delivering the service of thermoforming of plastic sheets. Thermoforming is the a purely stretching technique of manufacture of three-dimensional mouldings from flat plastic preforms such as films or sheets, under the influence of heat and pressure or vacuum. The range of products that can be manufactured by this process includes packaging containers, bulky moldings such as swimming pools, automobile components such as dashboards and passenger compartment panels. The preferred materials for processing include amorphous thermoplastics [PVC, polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene (ABS), styrene - acrylonitrile (SAN), cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), PMMA, and PC], as well as semicrystalline materials (PP, PE,PETP) and special laminates. This service activity represents thermoforming of plastic sheets of 200 microns to 2 mm thickness in plastic packaging for the food industry. The activity refers to an input of 1 kg of plastic sheets but the amount of plastic processed is not included. Thus, this service should be used along with 1 kg of suitable material. The preferred materials for processing include amorphous thermoplastics [PVC, polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile - butadiene - styrene (ABS), styrene - acrylonitrile (SAN), cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), PMMA, and PC], as well as semicrystalline materials (PP, PE,PETP) and special laminates that economically combine the favorable properties of several polymers in one film. 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/13423/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameThermoforming of plastic sheets
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_thermoforming_of_plastic_sheets_thermoforming_of_plastic_sheets
UUID
a335077a-fb4b-4bbf-b277-6d05cdfb81f2
Code Snippet
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