Polystyrene - expandable (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for polystyrene, expandable. The reference product is polystyrene, expandable. Polystyrene, expandable, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% virgin material with no content of recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: thermal insulation in buildings, road construction, sound insulation, packaging, food packaging to maintain the temperature of hot or cold food and prevent spoilage, protection for valuable and fragile goods, crash helmets, windsurfing boards The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/3222/documentation.