Table 4. Life cycle inventory and activity data for reusable tumbler washing and end-of-life scenarios

Process Material Value Unit References
Manual cold/ hot-water washing Detergent use 2 g Assumption
Foaming detergent washing Water use 1 L [32]
Effervescent cleaner mass 3.5 g
Dishwasher Water use 14.5 L/use [33]
Electricity consumption 1.0 kWh/use
Detergent use 20 g/use
Allocation ratio per tumbler 7.14 % Assumption
Tumbler cleaner Water use 1.04 L/use Assumption
Electricity consumption 0.197 kWh/use [34]
Detergent use 6 ml/use
End-of-life Recycling rate 95.0 % [35]
Landfill rate 5 %
Emission factors Tap water supply 0.240 kg-CO2-eq./m3 [29]
Zah, R., soap production, RoW, allocation, cut-off by classification, ecoinvent database version 3.12
Wastewater treatment 0.58 kg-CO2-eq./m3 [30]
Natural gas supply, Korea 0.2538 kg-CO2-eq./kWh [8], [11]
Korean grid electricity 0.493 kg-CO2-eq./kWh [11], [12]
Doka, G., treatment of waste steel, inert material landfill, RoW, allocation, cut-off by classification, ecoinvent database version 3.12