Title: EPD Mirage  for ISO14411 BIa valid to 25092021.pdf
3.6 The period of validity of background data from the thinkstep database lies between 2012 and 2018. Most information (energy and water consumption, pollutant emissions powder atomized and ceramic production) are measured or directly calculated at company level and declared in the Italian IPPC document called AIA, that is specific and verified for each plant involved in this study. Emissions of carbon dioxide (connected to carbonate’s oxidation) are collected using ETS (Emission Trading System) declaration. Detailed data was obtained not only for raw material mixtures (collected with specific company primary data) but also for colorants, frits and other raw materials used in the glaze's manufacturing. The overall data quality can be considered good.Module C2 considers transportation of the discarded tile to a recycling or disposal process.Module C3 considers every process (collection, crushing process etc.) properly for recycling the tiles.3.7 The primary data collected in the study refer to 2014.