Which are the free databases best for assessment of plastics circularity,

Question

Hi,

I would like to know which free databases are the best for the assessment of the plastics circularity in China?

Some data that I need from the database are water, electricity, VOCs, Color Masterbatch and so on.

I can see the following free databases on the website of Nexus OpenLCA that I can download and use within OpenLCA:

IMPACT World

Environmental Footprints

OzLCI2019

exiobase

ARVI

Agribalyse

NEEDS

ELCD

BioenergieDAT

OpenLCA LCIA Methods

Best regards,

Emma

Answer 1

None of these assess circularity

Comments

Thanks for your feedback. I am new to openLCA. Which database can I use to assess circularity? The purchase databases can also be in my consideration if necessary. Thanks so much.

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LCA assesses environmental impacts, circularity is an entirely different concept for which you do not need (or can use) an LCA software or database. You could look into the Material CIrcularity Indicator (MCI) for example