Eco-profiles for determining environmental impacts of plastics
Our Eco-profiles comprise Life Cycle Inventory datasets (LCI) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for plastics.
Click on a blue box in the flowchart, then click on the small arrow at the right bottom corner of the highlighted box to download an Eco-profile package that contains a report and dataset in several formats. The information icon at the top right of the highlighted box will give you the calculation and process dates. Some datasets considered to be obsolete have been withdrawn but can be supplied on demand. Please contact us if you’d like to access one of these.
Brine
extraction
Brine
purification
Brine
electrolysis
HCI production
Crude
oil extraction
Oil
refining
Cracking
Natural
gas extraction
Natural
gas processing
Catalytic
reforming
p-xylene separation
Dehydrogenation
Hydrogenation
Steam
reforming
Ammonia
production
Methanol
production
Acetic acid
production
Oxidation
Nitrobenzene production
Aniline production
Acrylonitrile production
HCN production
Acetone cyanohydrin production
Cumene production
Catalytic
rearrangement
Ethylbenzene
production
Styrene
production
Propylene
oxide production
Ethylene oxide
production
Ethylene glycol
production
Polymerisation for LDPE
Blow moulding
Film extrusion
Propylene polymerisation
Oriented film extrusion
Injection moulding
Polymerisation for LLDPE
Polymerisation for HDPE
Blow moulding
Pipe extrusion
Ethylene dichloride
(EDC) production
Vinyl chloride (VCM)
production
Oxychlorination
Vinylidene chloride (VdC) production
PVdC production
Emulsion polymerisation
Suspension polymerisation
Bulk (Mass) polymerisation
Sheet calendering
Pipe extrusion
Film extrusion
Injection moulding
Dimethyl terephthalate
production
Purified terephthalic
acid production
Ester interchange
Direct esterification
Melt polymerisation
Solid state polymerisation
Film extrusion
Film packing
Stretch blow moulding
Methylmethacrylate (MMA) production
MMA polymerisation
Sheet castion & extrusion
Polymerisation for EPS
Thermoforming
Butadiene polymerisation
Polymerisation for HIPS
Polymerisation for GPPS
ABS graft copolymer production
ABS polymerisation
ABS mass polymerisation
SAN production
Compounding
Adiponitrile production
Hexamethylene diamine production
Cyclohexanol production
Adipic acid production
Hexamethylene diamine production
PA 6.6 production
PA 6.6 Production
Compounding
Allyl chloride production
Epichlorohydrin production
Bisphenol-A production
Liquid epoxy resin production
Phosgene
production
Polycarbonate production
On-site steam generation
On-site electricity generation
Formaldehyde production
MDA production
MDI production
Dinitrotoluene production
TDA production
TDI production
Oxidation
Hydrogenation
Oxime production
Caprolactam production
PA 6 production
Compounding
Glycerol
production
Polyether polyol
production (ISOPA)
Saponification
Sucrose production
Animal fat
production
Sugar
production
Polyurethane rigid foam production
Polyurethane flexible foam
production
Methyl chloride production
Chlorosilanes production
Silicone production
Silicon production
Quartz mining
Charcoal production
Coke production
Wood growing & harvesting
Coal mining & processing
Latex polymerisation
Vinyl acetate production
Vinyl acetate dispersion production
ammonia
benzene
ammonia
hydrogen
reformer hydrogen
cracker
hydrogen
benzene
electrolytic hydrogen
propylene
propylene
natural gas
natural gas
ethylene
ethylene
ethylene
propylene
chlorine
chlorine
ethylene
HCI
chlorine
methanol
methanol
p-xylene
p-xylene
acetic acid
ethylene glycol
ethylene glycole
ethylene glycol
acetone cyanohydrin
acetone cyanohydrin
styrene
styrene
pentane
pentane
butadiene
butadiene
acrylonitrile
acrylonitrile
styrene
acrylonitrile
hydrogen
cyclohexane
nitric acid
butadiene
natural gas
ammonia
glass fibre
chlorine
propylene
acetone
phenol
acetone
phenol
carbon
monoxide
carbon
monoxide
chlorine
methanol
aniline
toluene
toluene
nitric acid
hydrogen
cyclohexane
phenol
glass fibre
propylene
ethylene oxide
propylene oxide
propylene oxide
ethylene oxide
pentane
MDI
MDI
TDI
TDI
hydrogen chloride
HCI
methanol
styrene
butadiene
ethylene
acetic acid
p-xylene
cyclohexane
syngas
CO
methanol
acetic acid
Formaldehyde
nitric acid
aniline
cumene
propylene oxide
ethylene oxide
ethylene glycol
VdC
dimethylterephthalate
bishydroxyethyl
terephthalate
adiponitrile
cyclohexanol
adipic acid
PA 6.6 salt
allyl chloride
epichlorohydrin
phosgene
formaldehyde (pls contact us for POM)
MDA
dinitrotoluene
TDA
cyclohexanone
oxime
caprolactam
Glycerol
Silicones
Styrene-butadiene
dispersion
Vinyl acetate
dispersion
amorphous PET
PET filmdownload
packed PET filmdownload
PET bottlesdownload
PS traysdownload
Flexible Polyurethane Foam (slabstock)
download
Flexible Polyurethane Foam (moulded)
download
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Accessing eco-profiles in life cycle databases
Please note that most of the Eco-profile datasets can be found in their aggregated form in the SimaPro industrial database, and the GaBi database (which avoids conversion and format problems).
Some of the Eco-profile datasets can be found as the source for their disaggregated form, starting from version 3.6 of the EcoInvent database.
They are all posted in the Global LCA Data Access network (GLAD).
Polyolefin and PVC eco-profile: upcoming update in 2024 following science progress on Oil and Gas Greenhouse Gas emission intensity
A number of publications report an increase of CO2 emissions from flaring and an increase of methane emissions allocated to Oil and Gas production.
On 6 July 2021, Plastics Europe organized an information meeting with a wide LCA stakeholders’ attendance, calling for a collective approach to review and validate data in order to develop robust life cycle inventories for oil and gas extraction.
Current Polyolefins eco-profiles datasets keep a good production process representativeness but need now to be aligned with main LCI databases regarding Oil and Gas datasets, inducing an increase of the Carbon Footprint of polymers.
This increase is the result of improved scientific detection methods for GHG emissions, particularly from satellites, resulting in increased emissions from Oil & Gas production that were not accounted for in the past. It is important to note, the increase reported does not arise from an increase in actual emissions due to either downgrading practices or recent shale gas exploitation.
On the contrary, these better and more complete measurements, continuously improving their precision, enable better and more efficient abatement actions with existing and well-known technology and practices, within the many programs implemented to reduce methane emissions.
Oil & Gas dataset change should affect all industries because oil and gas are used by all industries to fulfil their energy needs.
Future updates of other eco-profiles of Plastics Europe will also be based on the most consensual background data, with the traceability and sensitivity information necessary for their good use.
For more information, please refer to the Life Cycle Thinking section of our website.