Emission Factor

Machine - for treatment of waste electric and electronic equipment (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for machine, for treatment of waste electric and electronic equipment. The Reference Product is machine, for treatment of waste electric and electronic equipment. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a machine used for treatment of waste electric and electronic equipment. The infrastructure represent a mechanical treatment line for WEEE, comprising an initial shredder, a magnetic separator and an Eddy-current separator, a second (smaller) shredder, followed again by a magnetic separator and an Eddy-current separator, all linked by conveyor belts. The production line has a total mass of 35,000 kg. The process includes materials needed for the production, infrastructure and machineries used for the mechanical treatment of WEEE devices. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/9619/documentation

PropertyValue
NameMachine - for treatment of waste electric and electronic equipment (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_machine_for_treatment_of_waste_electric_and_electronic_equipment_market_for_machine_for_treatment_of_waste_electric_and_electronic_equipment
UUID
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