Emission Factor

Recultivation - limestone mine (market for recultivation - limestone mine)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. This is delivering the service of recultivation of a limestone mine. The process represents the recultivation of 1 m2 of topsoil after limestone extraction with coverage of an assumed average thickness of 0.3 m and a density of 1400 kg/m3. The mass of topsoil per m2 is circa 420 kg while the ratio of topsoil to extracted limestone is 0.26%. The service includes land transformation from mine to forest and the machines needed but it excludes the refill material. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameRecultivation - limestone mine (market for recultivation - limestone mine)
SectorLand Use
CategoryLand Use Change
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m2
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 7432e4f1-0e63-43ab-8be1-9d64afdf2aba

API Reference

Activity ID
land_use_change-type_recultivation_limestone_mine_market_for_recultivation_limestone_mine
UUID
d0b6e1c2-f8cb-44e0-9fdb-de5c9c7af8d3
Code Snippet
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