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Wastewater from recycling of waste PP (treatment of - wastewater treatment)

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The activity generating the emissions is treatment of wastewater from recycling of waste PP, wastewater treatment. The Reference Product is wastewater from recycling of waste PP. Wastewater from recycling of waste PP is a by-product (wastewater) under the category of industrial wastes. It is generated in the recycling of waste polypropylene (PP). By the database default (and per unit of reference product),wastewater from recycling of waste PP has the following physicochemical characteristics: C: 0.109 kg/m3, N: 0.031 kg/m3, P: 0 kg/m3. This by-product can have a regional-specific composition; users are prompted to refer to the properties of this wastewater (in activities treating them) for a detailed elemental composition. 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, treatment option/s for this wastewater include: wastewater treatment plant. 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 wastewater is accounted in the respective market activity with the use of sewer infrastructure; Transportation of wastewater through a sewer grid results in losses until the wastewater enters the wastewater treatment plant. Direct emissions due to those losses are considered in the market activity. Losses are regional specific and thus users are encouraged to inspect the regional modelling assumptions. The Reference Product amount is -1. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/92512/documentation

PropertyValue
NameWastewater from recycling of waste PP (treatment of - wastewater treatment)
SectorWater
CategoryWater Treatment
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m3
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
water_treatment-type_wastewater_from_recycling_of_waste_pp_treatment_of_wastewater_from_recycling_of_waste_pp_wastewater_treatment
UUID
e73d79a6-7e22-4298-8c04-e39d3f844c5d
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