Emission Factor

Used refrigeration machine - R134a as refrigerant (treatment of)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of used refrigeration machine, R134a as refrigerant. The Reference Product is used refrigeration machine, R134a as refrigerant. Used refrigeration machine, R134a as refrigerant is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in end-of-life of refrigeration machine with R134a as refrigerant. used refrigeration machine, R134a as refrigerant contain the following fractions: refrigerant R134a, electronics scrap, aluminium, steel, copper, plastic from industrial electronics, polypropylene and polyurethane foam. By the database default (and per unit of reference product),used refrigeration machine, R134a as refrigerant has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and Carbon present is of both fossil (8.63% on a dry matter basis), and non-fossil origin (0% on a dry matter basis). It has no heating value. 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, this by-product is used in the following processes: treatment of used refrigeration machine, R134a as refrigerant. 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 ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/12404/documentation

PropertyValue
NameUsed refrigeration machine - R134a as refrigerant (treatment of)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
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_used_refrigeration_machine_r134a_as_refrigerant_treatment_of_used_refrigeration_machine_r134a_as_refrigerant-disposal_method_na
UUID
ad77c058-13cd-42c6-be4e-849510a48097
Code Snippet
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