Polycarbonate (production)

The activity generating the emissions is polycarbonate production. The reference product is polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, 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: alternative for glass for applications (eyewear, bulletproof glass) building and construction sector (e.g., improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g., large flat screens and monitors, Digital Disks, consumer electronics equipment and fuse boxes as well as the large market of optical data storage), automotive industry (e.g., mirror and headlamp houses), domestic appliances, packaging, 3D printed models, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g., goggles, helmet). 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/640/documentation.