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Process Data set: corrugated board box production | corrugated board box | Cutoff, U (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location CL
Reference year 2008
Name
corrugated board box production | corrugated board box | Cutoff, U
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • ILCD: #ECOED / 2. RESIMPLE_envases / CicloData - Envases / Caja de cartón
General comment on data set ecoQuery: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.10/cutoff/dataset/11632/documentation This datsets represents the production of corrugated board boxes.;The factory where data were collected produces many types of boxes with different raw materials, sizes, printing processes, etc. ;In 2008, double wall (one B flute and one C flute) boxes were 3% of the production and 97% of the production was single wall boxes, 50% B flute and 50% C flute with respective take-up factors (length of medium to liner) of 1.329 and 1.442. From reception of the linerboard, fluting medium, inks and glue, at the factory gate. Linerboard inputs are reported as ''Linerboard, recycled brown'' (94%), ''Linerboard, full white (WK)'' (5%) and ''Linerboard, virgin white top (1%)''. This activity ends with the printing and cutting of cardboard sheets into unfolded boxes which are then ready for delivery. The dataset includes corrugated board production, i.e. gluing of linerboard and fluting into cardboard, printing and cutting into unfolded boxes. The machine on which containerboard components are combined into corrugated board is a “corrugator-combiner”, usually referred to simply as a “corrugator”. The process begins at the “single facer” where corrugating medium is conditioned before being passed through a set of corrugating rolls to form the flutes. Starch adhesive is applied to the flute tips on one side of the medium. This material is then brought into contact with the single-face liner and, under heat and pressure, the two components are combined as the single face web. This web is then carried on an overhead “bridge” to the “glue machine”, where adhesive is applied to the unfaced flute tips to affix the second flat facing, which joins the web as it passes into the “double-facer”. The moist adhesive dries in the heat of the double facer section and the combined board passes from there through the “slitter scorer” and “cut-off” from which it is delivered in sheet form to the “take-off”. Then, the corrugated board blanks from the staging lines are fed into the Flexo Folder-Gluer.The first stage of the box production is printing, which can include one or more printing stages. The printed board sheets then pass into the scoring and slotting section where vertical slots are applied, the glue lug is cut out and glue applied to it, and finally enters the folding rails.
Copyright Yes
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2023
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system Average of present used technology
LCI method and allocation
Type of data set Unit process, black box
LCI Method Principle Other
Data sources, treatment and representativeness
Data treatment and extrapolations principles Data from one manufacturing plant extrapolated to the whole region of Québec.
Data source(s) used for this data set
Sampling procedure Most data are primary data collected from a manufacturing plant located in the region of Québec, for the year 2008.
Completeness
Completeness of product model No statement
Data generator
Data set generator / modeller
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Time stamp (last saved) 2025-07-31T16:30:47.709-03:00
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UUID 7f549a3a-d4e0-4bdf-a3a4-657c3762e4c0
Date of last revision 2025-07-18T12:28:03.100-03:00
Data set version 00.00.013
Copyright Yes

Inputs

Type of flow Classification Flow Location Mean amount Resulting amount Minimum amount Maximum amount
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals GLO 3.526E-4 kg3.526E-4 kg
General comment Reported as ''borax (100% solids)''.
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals RoW 4.5879999999999994E-5 kg4.5879999999999994E-5 kg
General comment Proxy. Reported as ''styrene (25%)-butadiène (25%) (50% solids)".
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals RoW 2.07426E-4 kg2.07426E-4 kg
General comment Proxy. Reported as ''Dry ice''. (100% solid)
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 17:Manufacture of paper and paper products / 170:Manufacture of paper and paper products / 1702:Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and of containers of paper a CL 0.3727 kg0.3727 kg
General comment Reported as ''corrugated board, recycled brown'' with a 40% recycled content.
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 17:Manufacture of paper and paper products / 170:Manufacture of paper and paper products / 1702:Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and of containers of paper a CL 0.7434 kg0.7434 kg
General comment Reported as "linerboard, recycled brown" (94%), "linerboard, full white (WK)" (5%) and "linerboard, virgin white top" (1%).
Product flow D:Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply / 35:Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply / 351:Electric power generation, transmission and distribution / 3510:Electric power generation, transmission and distribution CL 0.36432 MJ0.36432 MJ
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2013:Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms RoW 7.66905E-5 kg7.66905E-5 kg
General comment Proxy for glue and hot melt.
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals GLO 0.03191 kg0.03191 kg
General comment Reported as ''maize starch (powder, 100% solids)"
Product flow
F:Construction / 42:Civil engineering / 429:Construction of other civil engineering projects / 4290:Construction of other civil engineering projects GLO 1.4285714285714298E-9 Item(s)1.4285714285714298E-9 Item(s)
General comment EcoSpold01Location=RER The amount is calculated based on the annual capacity of the factory (14kt paper) and the lifetime of 50 years. See ecoinvent datasets "packaging box factory construction, RER, 1993-2000".
Product flow
B:Mining and quarrying / 08:Other mining and quarrying / 081:Quarrying of stone, sand and clay / 0810:Quarrying of stone, sand and clay GLO 0.001070187 kg0.001070187 kg
General comment Proxy. Reported as "calcined diatoms soil (Harbolite) (100% solids)"
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2013:Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms RoW 7.858699999999999E-4 kg7.858699999999999E-4 kg
General comment Proxy for resin.
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 202:Manufacture of other chemical products / 2022:Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mas RoW 0.002411 kg0.002411 kg
General comment EcoSpold01Location=RER Proxy. Reported as "flexo ink, water based".
Product flow
F:Construction / 43:Specialized construction activities / 431:Demolition and site preparation / 4312:Site preparation GLO 0.0021927059 MJ0.0021927059 MJ
General comment Consumption of propane in lift trucks reported as fuel input in litres. A lower heating value of 25.3 MJ/L is used for propane from underlying ecoinvent process is used.
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals RoW 5.989999999999999E-4 kg5.989999999999999E-4 kg
General comment Reported as "sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (50% solid)".
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals GLO 4.5879999999999994E-5 kg4.5879999999999994E-5 kg
General comment Reported as "styrene (25%)-butadiène (25%) (50% solid)".
Product flow E:Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities / 36:Water collection, treatment and supply / 360:Water collection, treatment and supply / 3600:Water collection, treatment and supply CL 0.969 kg0.969 kg
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals GLO 4.389E-4 kg4.389E-4 kg
General comment Proxy for glue. Reported as "glue PVA (acetate) (56% solids)". Received as a solution between 55 to 57% solids.
Product flow
Recycled content cut-off GLO 0.0 kg0.0 kg
General comment Proxy. Reported as ''waste cardboard''. Recycled and used as raw material in the production of linerboard.

Outputs

Type of flow Classification Flow Location Mean amount Resulting amount Minimum amount Maximum amount
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 17:Manufacture of paper and paper products / 170:Manufacture of paper and paper products / 1702:Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and of containers of paper a CL 1.0 kg1.0 kg
General comment EcoSpold01Location=RER
Waste flow
E:Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities / 38:Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery / 382:Waste treatment and disposal / 3821:Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste RoW 0.003397 kg0.003397 kg
General comment EcoSpold01Location=CH Proxy. Reported as '' domestic waste''. These wastes are send to a sanitary landfill.
Waste flow
A:Agriculture, forestry and fishing / 01:Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities / 016:Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities / 0161:Support activities for crop production RoW 0.001928 kg0.001928 kg
General comment Proxy. Reported as "sludge ink (60% dryness)" sent to a sanitary landfill. EcoSpold01Location=CH
Waste flow
C:Manufacturing / 23:Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products / 239:Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products n.e.c. / 2394:Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster RoW 4.6E-5 kg4.6E-5 kg
General comment Proxy. Taken directly from the ecoinvent v3.0 dataset "corrugated board box production, GLO 2008". EcoSpold01Location=CH
Waste flow
E:Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities / 38:Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery / 382:Waste treatment and disposal / 3821:Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste RoW 9.996879999999999E-5 kg9.996879999999999E-5 kg
General comment Proxy. Reported as ''impression master'. Assumed 10 lb/master (very variable). These wastes are send to a sanitary landfill (850 units/year).
Waste flow
E:Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities / 37:Sewerage / 370:Sewerage / 3700:Sewerage RoW 1.45185E-6 m31.45185E-6 m3
General comment Proxy. Represents the disposal of scrap starch and drain cleaning.
Waste flow
E:Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities / 37:Sewerage / 370:Sewerage / 3700:Sewerage RoW 3.8971485E-4 m33.8971485E-4 m3
General comment Proxy. Reported as ''plant treated water sent to municpal treatment plant'' and ''sanitary water sent to municipal treatment plant''. The municipal treatment plant as a 2.42E10 l/yr capacity and a aerated pond technology. The "plant treated water sent to municpal treatment plant'' has the follwing characteristics (in kg/m3): BOD5: 0.32933, Suspended solids: 0.12200.
Elementary flow
Emissions / Emissions to air / Emissions to non-urban air or from high stacks CL 5.796E-4 m35.796E-4 m3
General comment Evaporation of water from boiler, contained in ink and glue.