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Does openLCA calculate emissions from paper usage?

I am looking to calculate carbon impact from 8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14, and 11 x 17 paper.

If not, can someone point me to a valid tool or database?

Thank you.
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Does openLCA calculate emissions from paper usage

Hi, since openLCA is a tool for any type of LCA: yes of course. It is a bit as if asking "does excel calculate emissions from paper use". Of course, you either need to create own processes that reflect the paper production, or take datasets from a generic database, or mix own models with a database, to perform the calculations in openLCA.

You can search for datasets that you can use here: https://nexus.openlca.org/search/query=paper (and then filter by category)

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