Plastic Production
Polymerisation and compounding processes that convert monomers into polymer resins — polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC, PET and others — covering process CO2 and on-site combustion for resin synthesis. Upstream monomer production by steam cracking is dnt-emi-src:EthyleneProduction.
Hierarchy
Section titled “Hierarchy”Broader: Industrial Processes
Details
Section titled “Details”| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| in sector | Plastics Manufacturing (Sectors Taxonomy) |
| closeMatch | Petrochemical and Carbon Black Production (IPCC 2006) |
Technical details
- IRI:
https://spec.decarbnexus.com/taxonomy/EMI/Sources/PlasticProduction - Kind: Taxonomy Concept
- command token: plastic-production
- command token: plastics
- command token: polymer