Emission Factor

Paper - woodcontaining - supercalendered (paper production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is paper production, woodcontaining, supercalendered. The Reference Product is paper, woodcontaining, supercalendered. The product " paper, woodcontaining, supercalendered", also called SC paper, is a type of graphic paper. More specific, it is an uncoated, mechanical paper which means that less than 90% of the fibres are in form of chemical pulp. Usually, this kind of paper mill contains an integrated mechanical pulp production and sometimes also an integrated deinking equipment for recovered paper. Used sulfate pulp is usually produced outside of the paper mill. Like lightweight coated (LWC) paper, it is mainly used for print materials such as magazines and journals that require a higher paper quality than newsprint paper. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8155/documentation

PropertyValue
NamePaper - woodcontaining - supercalendered (paper production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryPaper and Cardboard
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2000
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
paper_and_cardboard-type_paper_woodcontaining_supercalendered_paper_production_woodcontaining_supercalendered
UUID
af30830a-fafd-447f-985a-73a7f163144e
Code Snippet
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