DATASET

Waste incineration of wood products (OSB, particle board); average European waste-to-energy plant, without collection, transport and pre-treatment; at plant (Location: EU-27)

Collection: EPLCA : DEPRECATED - European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment 

Description

The European average Waste-to-Energy plant (WtE) is defined based on the treatment of average European municipal solid waste (MSW). The thermal treatment of a single waste fraction like paper or plastic or even specific wastes like Polyamide 6 is not done in reality in a WtE plant for MSW. The waste is always homogenized to obtain a relative constant calorific value and to comply with the emission standards. Nonetheless the used model and the used settings for the average MSW allows to attribute the environmental burden (emissions and also resource consumption of auxiliaries) energy production as well as the credits (metal scrap export) to a single fraction or specific waste incinerated within an average MSW. Therefore the LCI data is valid for the treatment of the specific waste within an average MSW (the waste fraction share of the MSW is shown in the pie chart beneath, the elementary composition in the first table beneath). The following technology description explains the settings and technology of the average WtE plant used to generate the LCI data set. The net calorific value and the elementary composition of the waste fraction or specific waste are shown in the tables beneath (see corresponding column in the tables). The data set covers all relevant process steps / technologies over the supply chain of the represented cradle to gate inventory with a good overall data quality. The inventory is mainly based on industry data and is completed, where necessary, by secondary data.

Synonyms: Waste-to-energy of wood products (OSB, particle board)

Technical Purpose: Standard end-of-life treatment service for a specific waste fraction via thermal treatment.

Geographical Representation: EU-27

Contact

Email
ec-eplca (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

  • Simone Fazio
  • David Pennington

How to cite

Fazio, Simone; Pennington, David (2006): Waste incineration of wood products (OSB, particle board); average European waste-to-energy plant, without collection, transport and pre-treatment; at plant (Location: EU-27). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-eplca-39f61d7a-9cea-4e61-b292-50ad6ee05ccc

Keywords

End-of-life treatment Energy recycling

Data access

Full ELCD Database
Use conditions
 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 
  • Landing Page to download the full ELCD Database.

Geographic areas

European Union

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2006-01-01 2010-12-31

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2019-08-19
Modified date
2019-08-19
Issued date
2006-01-01
Landing page
http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ELCD3/ 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Environment, Science and technology
Update frequency
irregular
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-eplca-39f61d7a-9cea-4e61-b292-50ad6ee05ccc
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