Polypropylene - granulate (polypropylene production)

The activity generating the emissions is polypropylene production, granulate. The Reference Product is polypropylene, granulate. Polypropylene, granulate, 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: one of the top three widely used polymers today with extremely wide range of applications as plastic or as fiber, either transparent or pigmented, such as food packaging, textiles, automotive components, furniture market, medical devices, and consumer goods. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/9516/documentation