Plastics Europe Public LCI Database
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Data set: Bisphenol A (00.00.001)

Full name
Bisphenol A; technology mix; consumption mix, at plant; 1.2 g/cm3, 228 g/mol
Location
EU-28
Reference year
2016
Valid until
2024
Reference flow(s)
Type
LCI result
Parameterized?
no
LCIA results included?
no
Category
Synonyms
C15H16O2, CAS 80-05-7
Use advice for data set
The LCI data set should be used for LCI/ LCA studies where BPA is used along the production chain. The most important application fields of BPA are in the building and construction sector (e.g. improving insulation and lightning), electrical and electronics (e.g. large flat screens and monitors, 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, medical devices as well as leisure and safety (e.g. sunglasses, goggles, helmet). It may be processed by all of the usual injection moulding and extrusion techniques.
Data set use approval
Plastics Europe
General comment
The main data source was a data collection from European producers of Bisphenol A (BPA). Primary data on gate-to-gate BPA production is derived from site specific information for processes under operational control supplied by the participating companies of this study. Two different Bisphenol A producers with plants in four European countries were participating in the primary data collection. Data collected account for 70% of the entire European BPA production. In order to keep confidentiality as third dataset the average primary data from the previous Bisphenol A Eco-profile was used. The data for the upstream supply chain until the precursors are taken from the database of the software system GaBi 8.
LCI Method Principle
Attributional
LCI Method Approaches
  • Allocation - net calorific value
  • Allocation - market value
  • Allocation - mass
Completeness of product model
No statement
Reviews
  • Accredited third party review by
    Data quality indicators
    • Overall quality: Good
    • Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Good
    • Precision: Good
    • Completeness: Good
    • Geographical representativeness: Good
    • Time representativeness: Good
    • Technological representativeness: Good
  • Dependent internal review by
    Data quality indicators
    • Overall quality: Good
    • Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Good
    • Precision: Good
    • Completeness: Good
    • Geographical representativeness: Good
    • Time representativeness: Good
    • Technological representativeness: Good
License and access conditions
Copyright
yes
License type
Other
Access information
GaBi (source code, database including extension modules and single data sets, documentation) remains property of thinkstep AG. thinkstep AG delivers GaBi licenses comprising data storage medium and manual as ordered by the customer. The license guarantees the right of use for one installation of GaBi. Further installations using the same license are not permitted. Additional licenses are only valid if the licensee holds at least one main license. Licenses are not transferable and must only be used within the licensee's organisation. Data sets may be copied for internal use. The number of copies is restricted to the number of licenses of the software system GaBi the licensee owns. The right of use is exclusively valid for the licensee. All rights reserved.
Owner of data set
Plastics Europe
Technical purpose
BPA is the essential basic building block (intermediate) for high-performance polymer plastics and coatings, mainly polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins.
Input Products
No records found.
Co-Products
No records found.
Data set version
00.00.001
Time stamp (last saved)
2019-03-01T12:01:20.000
Data set format
Compliance systems
  • Eco-profiles and Environmental Declarations, Version 2.0 (April 2011) (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
Tag
Registered in
Registry nameBase URLStatus
GLADhttps://www.globallcadataaccess.org/
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