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Process Data set: Calcium lignin biopolymer E liquid (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location NO
Geographical representativeness description Europe
Reference year 2025
Name
Calcium lignin biopolymer E liquid
Use advice for data set This EPD represents a cradle-to-gate with options analysis. The analysis includes modules A1 A3, comprising extraction, transportation, and processing of natural resources, and manufacturing of the product and associated packaging. Beyond cradle-to-gate, the declared unit with options also includes transport to customers (A4), comprising transportation of the product plus its packaging over 155 km by road; waste treatment of packaging at its end-of-life (A5); and disposal of the product via the biogenic carbon content (C4). In addition, benefits and loads beyond the system boundary for the packaging are included in the analysis (D). Modules B1–B7 are not included due to the wide range of application areas for the chemical product, and difficulties in allocating environmental burdens related to these processes to the chemical product. Modules A1–A2 correspond to upstream processes, A3 to core processes, and A4 and beyond to downstream processes. The blue boxes indicate input of material and energy, including production and transport (A1 A2). The green box illustrates the process taking place at the Borregaard’s plant in Warrington (A3), producing the products (orange box). The black box illustrates transport to the customer.
Technical purpose of product or process The Calcium lignin biopolymer E liquid is typically used as a dispersing and binding agent in various industrial applications. The main raw material calcium lignosulfonate is based on lignin from spruce softwood, which is a natural and renewable material. The product is stable, easy to handle and store, and does not require classification with respect to categories of danger, symbol letters, or risk phrases. The product has a dry matter content of 43.65 % when sold to customers. The product consists of lignosulfonate and water.
General comment on data set The production data was collected in 2025 and represents the production in 2024. Specific data is used on the supply of the main raw material, calcium lignosulfonate, which is supplied by Borregaard Sarpsborg, Norway (>70% of environmental impact in all core environmental impact indicators). The environmental profile of this input is documented in NEPD-3611-2301 (EPD-Norge, 2022). Other background data are sourced from ecoinvent v3.11, released in 2024, with adjustments made where necessary to improve representativeness. Data quality has been assed according to criteria of the UN Environment Global Guidance on LCA database development. The LCA modelling and calculations were performed using SimaPro version 10.2.0.0. Allocation was not required for this study, as all processes at Borregaard were modelled on a detailed, product-specific level. No partitioning of inputs or outputs between co-products was necessary. All raw materials and essential energy flows contributing to the environmental profile of the product are included in the LCA. No cut-offs for input material have been applied.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Biogenic carbon content
  • Carbon content (biogenic): 0.455 kg
  • Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2030
Time representativeness description 2025-11-24 - 2030-11-24
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system Dry matter (DM) content: 43.65 % CAS number: 8061-52-7

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
Input
  • 8.1
  • 0.00133
Input
  • 19.9
  • 0
Input
  • 28
  • 0.00133
Input
  • 5.56
  • 0.534
Input
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 5.56
  • 0.534
Input
  • 0.00000657
  • 2.76E-7
Input
  • 0.0000196
  • 2.28E-8
Input
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0.043
  • 0.0000103
Output
  • 0.00737
  • 0.0000203
Output
  • 0.225
  • 0.00172
Output
  • 0.00000399
  • 3.22E-8
Output
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.000197
  • 1.2E-8
Output
  • 0.00648
  • 7.9E-11
Output
  • 0.00726
  • 0.0000213
Output
  • 0.000521
  • 0.0000506

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Disposal
C4
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 5.56
  • 0.534
No records found.
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 0.00000473
  • 1.05E-9
No records found.
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 0.00407
  • 0.000102
No records found.
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • -1.8
  • 0.00000872
  • 1.67
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 0.443
  • 0.0405
No records found.
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • -1.35
  • 0.0405
  • 1.67
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 0.00146
  • 6.35E-7
No records found.
  • 0.45
  • 0.04049
  • 0
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 0.0000168
  • 2.48E-8
No records found.
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 0.000675
  • 0.0000385
No records found.
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 0.00637
  • 0.000421
No records found.
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 0.00215
  • 0.000169
No records found.
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 1.83E-8
  • 9.12E-10
No records found.
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 0.247
  • 0.000424
No records found.

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Disposal
C4
1This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator.
2The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties on these results are high or as there is limited experiences with the indicator.
Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) 1
  • 0.0192
  • 0.0000513
No records found.
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) 2
  • 2.84E-8
  • 2.88E-9
No records found.
Potential Soil quality index (SQP) 2
  • 135
  • 0.000679
No records found.
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) 2
  • 1.03E-7
  • 2.9E-10
No records found.
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) 2
  • 6.28E-10
  • 3E-12
No records found.
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) 2
  • 142
  • 0.0199
No records found.