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Emission factor from ProBas v02.44.152

Organic chemicals: HDPE, injection moulding, APME, EU, 2005

Europe · Cradle to gate · Any year

Each kilogram counts as 3.07 kg CO₂e up to the factory gate. ProBas gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value for any year

3.07kgCO₂e/kg

Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR6

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

One value, for any year

ProBas sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2005

Region
Europe
Boundary
Cradle to gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · ProBas terms

Where 3.07 comes from

Published as one number

ProBas prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 3.07

Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.

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Materials › Polymers and rubber · Europe · per kg · Average

Cradle to gate · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary
Cradle to gate
Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing, packaging, purchased energy and capital goods
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
Re-weighted by open-climate.ai from ProBas's AR5 figure of 3.07 kgCO₂e/kg
CO₂e basis
Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
Split by gas
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

What ProBas counts in the figure for one kilogram, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Transport to the plant
    • Raw materials
    • Fuel supply chain
    Included

  2. Production

    • Fuel combustion
    • Manufacturing
    • Packaging
    • Purchased electricity and heat
    Included

  3. Also counted

    • Plant and equipment
    Included

  4. Your record

    1 kg in your records. The factor is per kg.

    = 3.07

Outside this boundary

  • Installation
  • Maintenance
  • Transport to the border
  • Retail
  • Use
  • End of life
  • Recycling credit

ProBas does not count any of this in the figure for one kilogram.

Gases

Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

  • Fossil CO₂2.6686.7%
  • Methane (CH₄)0.39612.9%
  • Nitrous oxide (N₂O)0.01170.4%

Σ 2.66 + 0.396 + 0.0117 = 3.06808, which ProBas rounds to 3.07.

Also printed, as zero: sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆).

Each gas is converted to CO₂e with AR6 100-year warming potentials; biogenic CO₂ and land-use carbon are left out, while methane from biogenic sources is counted.

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About this factor

From ProBas

Translated from German
Production of HDPE products by injection moulding in Europe. Source: APMA 2005 Load factor: 5000h/a Fuel/input: Basic materials-Chemistry Firm capacity: 100% Year: 2005 Lifetime: 20a Capacity: 1t/h Efficiency: 106% Product: Plastics
Show ProBas's original (German)
Produktion von HDPE-Produkten im Spritzgussverfahren in Europa. Quelle: APMA 2005 Auslastung: 5000h/a Brenn-/Einsatzstoff: Grundstoffe-Chemie gesicherte Leistung: 100% Jahr: 2005 Lebensdauer: 20a Leistung: 1t/h Nutzungsgrad: 106% Produkt: Kunststoffe

Source and licence

Publisher
Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency), ProBas
Library
ProBas v02.44.152
Record
6b5e8495-3018-411e-96bb-1f8d5556a3d6
Published
16 September 2020
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ProBas, Umweltbundesamt. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/probas/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-probas-chemorghdpespritzgussapm-europe-kg-cradle_to_gate-c42b701d/?v=efv1-e51342c96e73170d325dbc54bc6aaa19

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