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Emission Factor

Waste polyethylene terephthalate - for recycling - unsorted (waste polyethylene terephthalate - for recycling - unsorted - Recycled Content cut-off)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The composition of the collected materials consists of 78.0 % PET bottles 9.2 % PE caps 4.6 % labels and 8.3 % impurities. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameWaste polyethylene terephthalate - for recycling - unsorted (waste polyethylene terephthalate - for recycling - unsorted - Recycled Content cut-off)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2023
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_waste_polyethylene_terephthalate_for_recycling_unsorted_waste_polyethylene_terephthalate_for_recycling_unsorted_recycled_content_cut_off
UUID
a5a7783d-8c62-4cb1-b7bf-1cb8a3172c6e
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