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Polyethylene terephthalate - flakes - recycled (treatment of waste polyethylene terephthalate - bottle - recycling)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of waste polyethylene terephthalate, bottle, recycling. The reference product is polyethylene terephthalate, flakes, recycled. Polyethylene terephthalate, flakes, recycled, is a plastic product of fossil origin, it is not biodegradable and it is a thermoplastic material. This product consists of 100% recycled material. The product is used in the following applications and sectors: fibres, films and bottles, and can be further converted to pellets via pelletising. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/92570/documentation.

PropertyValue
NamePolyethylene terephthalate - flakes - recycled (treatment of waste polyethylene terephthalate - bottle - recycling)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Europe (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_EUROPE)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2020
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: f6d78aa3-df69-4f64-8a0e-5480286273e0

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_polyethylene_terephthalate_flakes_recycled_treatment_of_waste_polyethylene_terephthalate_bottle_recycling-disposal_method_recycling
UUID
c423ef59-b646-4b13-ab04-0dea2f38c214
Code Snippet
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