Table 3.
Raw data for N95 mask production (on average, the mass of each mask is 10 g).
| Item | Type of mask |
Unit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil based plastic | 10% bio-based plastics | 50% bio-based plastics | 100% bio-based plastics | ||
|
Materials/fuels Polypropylene, granulate {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U |
8.53 | 7.67 | 4.26 | 0 | g |
| Polyester resin, unsaturated {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U | 8.38 × 10−1 | 7.54 × 10−1 | 4.19 × 10−1 | 0 | g |
| Aluminium, cast alloy {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U | 6.36 × 10−1 | 6.36 × 10−1 | 6.36 × 10−1 | 6.36 × 10−1 | g |
| Bio-based polypropylenea | 0 | 8.53 × 10−1 | 4.26 | 8.53 | g |
| Polyester-complexed starch biopolymer {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U | 0 | 8.38 × 10−2 | 4.19 × 10−1 | 8.38 × 10−1 | g |
| Electricity/heat | |||||
| Electricity, medium voltage {CN}| market group for | Alloc Def, U | 1.15 × 101 | 1.15 × 101 | 1.15 × 101 | 1.15 × 101 | Wh |
| Waste flow | |||||
| Plastic waste | 9.36 | 8.43 | 4.68 | 0 | g |
| Aluminium waste | 6.36 × 10−1 | 6.36 × 10−1 | 6.36 × 10−1 | 6.36 × 10−1 | g |
Jiang and Lu (2020) is the reference on which polypropylene is based.
Ingee (2018) is the reference on which polyester is based.
Bhatia et al. (2020) is the reference on which aluminum is based.
Vahidi et al. (2016) is the reference on which electricity, medium voltage is based.
Moretti et al. (2020) is the reference on which bio-based polypropylene instead of polyester is based.
Nieder-Heitmann et al. (2019) is the reference on which polyester-complexed starch biopolymer instead of polyester is based.
a
Data for bio-based polypropylene production was obtained from Moretti et al. (2020) and Joosten (1998) (Table 4).