Emission Factor

Waste polystyrene isolation - flame-retardant (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for waste polystyrene isolation, flame-retardant. The reference product is waste polystyrene isolation, flame-retardant. Waste polystyrene isolation, flame-retardant is a solid waste under the category of construction and demolition wastes. It can be sourced in many and various ways and therefore it can belong in the following waste categories: industrial. It is primarily generated in the production of building infrastructure, photovoltaic modules and heat generating furnaces. waste polystyrene isolation, flame-retardant contain the following fractions: 100% waste flame retarded Expandable Polystyrene (EPS). By the database default (and per unit of reference product),waste polystyrene isolation, flame-retardant has 0.198835399999997% water on wet mass basis (99.8011646% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (91.81% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 38.67 MJ/kg . 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 waste polystyrene isolation, flame-retardant, collection for final disposal. 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/15240/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameWaste polystyrene isolation - flame-retardant (market for)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste-type_waste_polystyrene_isolation_flame_retardant_market_for_waste_polystyrene_isolation_flame_retardant-disposal_method_na
UUID
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Code Snippet
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