Emission Factor

Sand (market for sand)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "sand" represents an average type of sand extracted. Sand is co-produced with gravel where production of 1 kg represents 35% sand and 65% gravel. The largest use of construction sand and gravel is as aggregate for the production of concrete. The second largest use is as foundation material for highways railways runways etc. Other major uses include aggregate for hot mix asphalt and filler for highway dam and other back-filling. Smaller volumes of construction sand and gravel are used in plaster and gunite sands snow and ice control and railroad ballast. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameSand (market for sand)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2014
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_sand_market_for_sand
UUID
b09b81b3-c086-452b-8157-8b2266c74ac0
Code Snippet
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