Emission Factor

Extrusion - co-extrusion (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for extrusion, co-extrusion. The Reference Product is extrusion, co-extrusion. This is delivering the service of extrusion, co-extrusion. The process of co-extrusion includes two or more molten materials, combined in a die under pressure. Examples of co-extrusion include cable insulation and packaging films, where composite films with up to seven layers are used. The service of co-extrusion refers to an input of 1 kg of plastic pellets but the amount of plastic pellets processed is not included. Thus, it should be used along 1 kg of thermoplastic material (e.g. polyethylene (PE), polypropylene, acetal, acrylic, nylon, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/13238/documentation

PropertyValue
NameExtrusion - co-extrusion (market for)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryChemical Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
chemicals-type_extrusion_co_extrusion_market_for_extrusion_co_extrusion
UUID
bff3bc19-d8d6-473a-865f-6f8d89c88a8e
Code Snippet
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