Process Data set: Texcellence Profile: Textile Plastic Composite (Recipe 2) (en) en
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| Location | PL |
| Geographical representativeness description | European Union |
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| Technical purpose of product or process | This list highlights some of the many applications of Vive Texcellence profiles: Garden and picnic furniture; Build terraces; Boardwalks; Piers; Stairs; Restaurant garden floors and other projects in public spaces; Engineering applications such as reinforcing embankments, slopes, river and canal banks; Protect quays; Children's playgounds; Fences; Garages; Sheds; Stands around sports facilities |
| General comment on data set | Texcellence profiles (Recipe 2) are made of secondary raw materials and have various applications. For instance, they can be utilized in making garden and picnic furniture, constructing terraces, boardwalks, piers, stairs, restaurant garden floors, and other projects in public spaces. Additionally, they can be applied in engineering tasks such as reinforcing embankments, slopes, river and canal banks, and protecting quays. Composite profiles are also employed in building children's playgrounds, fences, garages, sheds, and even stands around sports facilities. These materials are easily machinable with standard mechanical tools, ensuring safe installation, even under extreme conditions. It has a high chemical resistance to oils, fats, acids and salts. All the properties of VIVE Texcellence products makes it possible to use it externally, wherever natural wood is used, and its durability will save costs in the future. Composition of Texcellence profiles (Recipe 2) is available in the following table: NameValueUnitUsed Textile58%Used PE bags39%Additives (colorant, glass fiber, flame retardant)≤3% Vive Texcellence profiles offer diverse applications for product manufacturing (refer to the Application section). For the use and application of the product the respective national provisions at the place of use apply. Access technical data and catalogs for all products via the following link: https://vivetexcellence.pl/en/ All primary data were collected by Vive Innovation Sp. zo.o, for the reference year of 2023. For the data, which the manufacturer does not influence, generic data was used. Secondary data were sourced from the regularly updated Ecoinvent database (version 3.6), aligning with EN 15804 standards to ensure background data not exceeding 10 years. ReTHiNK EPD web application was used to model the life cycle for the produc-tion and disposal of the declared product systems. To ensure that the results are comparable, consistent background data from the international database Ecoinvent was used in the LCA (e.g., data records on energy, transport, auxiliary materials, and supplies). Almost all consistent data sets contained in the Ecoinvent database are documented and can be viewed online. The scenarios included are currently in use and are representative for one of the most likely scenario alternatives. Texcellence, recipe 2 constitutes up 45% of the total output of Vive Innovation. So, raw materials and energy used were divided up in proportion to their mass. A consumption of 43 MJ diesel per ton of products is assumed for the demolition of end-of-life products. The waste scenario “Products made of recycled textile and PE" is created based on the NMD (Dutch Environmental Database) waste scenario of "PVC, frame profiles (NMD ID 63)", which is considered representative for the life cycle of the product. 10% of the waste is deposited in a landfill and 10% incinerated while 80% is recycled. The process "Waste polyethylene {Europe without Switzerland}| treatment of waste polyethylene, sanitary landfill, including processes sorting plant BE-PCR" is used for landfilling, whereby the dataset "Waste treatment of 21% PE, 21% PP, 20% PVC, 17% PS en 21% mixture {CH], municipal incineration" is used for Incineration. For the recycling, the process “Waste treatment, Mechanical Recycling, Shredding of end of life Retextil profile” is applied, where the initial input of the electricity from Switzerland is replaced by the electricity from Poland. The recycled waste is reused as benefits in the process "Polyethylene, high-density (HDPE), granulate | production (EU)". |
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| Data set valid until | 2029 |
| Time representativeness description | Primary data including all raw materials, packaging materials, energy consumption and ancillary materials was comprehensively collected for the reference year of 2023. |
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| Technology description including background system | - |
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