Polystyrene - high impact (polystyrene production)

The activity generating the emissions is polystyrene production, high impact. The reference product is polystyrene, high impact. Polystyrene, high impact, 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: many applications such as food and non-food packaging, disposable cups and cutlery, furniture, toys and consumer goods, as well as electronics and appliances. It is also used to make engineering resin blends with polyphenylene oxide for the automotive industry, electrical appliances, and electronics. 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/8001/documentation.