Emission Factor

Pollutant from rail ballast (treatment of pollutant from rail ballast - residual material landfill)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'pollutant from rail ballast' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in end-of-life of railway track. 'pollutant from rail ballast' contain the following fractions: 100% polluted rail ballast residue. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'pollutant from rail ballast' has 0% water on wet mass basis (100% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. 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 treatment option/s for this by-product include: deposition (residual material landfill). Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a 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 cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NamePollutant from rail ballast (treatment of pollutant from rail ballast - residual material landfill)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
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
waste_management-type_pollutant_from_rail_ballast_treatment_of_pollutant_from_rail_ballast_residual_material_landfill
UUID
b1c8d25c-3511-43dd-8ca2-46b2b8df286c
Code Snippet
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