Skip to main content

Carbon Minds Chemicals & Plastics LCA Database in One Click LCA

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Why Carbon Minds Data Matters

Life-cycle assessment (LCA) for chemicals and plastics is notoriously complex. Many manufacturers struggle with:

  • Missing data for specific chemicals or plastics

  • Reliance on generic or outdated averages that distort results

  • Difficulty modeling supply chains across multiple regions and technologies

Carbon Minds solves these challenges. It offers the world’s most comprehensive and granular LCA database for chemicals and plastics, covering over 1,300 chemicals and hundreds of plastics with country- and even factory-level specificity.

One Click LCA is the only reseller that provides access to the entire Carbon Minds database — not just a limited subset. This means our customers can go deeper than ever before with supply chain modeling, regional benchmarking, and factory-level impact assessments.

Carbon Minds End User License Agreement applies to the use of this data, and it can be found at https://www.oneclicklca.com/eula-carbonminds/.


Value for Manufacturers

  • Unmatched Coverage
    Largest coverage of chemicals and plastics in the market, including many datasets not found in ecoinvent or other LCI databases.

  • High Granularity
    Regional and factory-level data for over 190 regions worldwide, enabling accurate supply chain differentiation.

  • Better Business Outcomes

    • More accurate Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

    • Stronger compliance with regulations

    • Ability to reduce embodied carbon with precise supplier choices

    • Easier sales conversations when customers demand supply-chain transparency

Packages Available

To meet different customer needs, Carbon Minds data is available in several packages inside One Click LCA:


Essentials Packages

  • Essential Chemicals: ~1,400 datasets covering 78 core chemicals

  • Essential Plastics: ~730 datasets covering 92 plastics

  • Both include consumption and production mixes plus major technologies for China, US, Europe (DE, NL, BE, EU27), and global averages

Full Database

  • 100,000 datasets+ covering 1,300+ chemicals and hundreds of plastics

  • Regional, country-level, and factory-specific data

  • Exclusive to One Click LCA


Who Benefits Most

This database is especially valuable for:

  • Large manufacturers in construction materials, automotive, electronics, and chemicals

  • Companies with complex Scope 3 supply chains

  • Any organization creating EPDs for chemical- or plastic-intensive products


Lists of Available Data

For transparency, below are the complete lists included in the Essentials packages.

  • Full list of Essential Chemicals datasets

  • Full list of Essential Plastics datasets

Customers needing additional datasets can upgrade to the full database.

List of available data

Essential Chemicals

Essential Plastics

Data sets included

1,4-butanediol

2-ethylhexanol

2-ethylhexyl acrylate

acetaldehyde

acetic acid

acetone

acrylic acid (ester-grade)

acrylonitrile

adipic acid

ammonia (no capture)

aniline

benzene

bisphenol A

butadiene

butene-1 (from dim.)

C4 fraction

caprolactam

caustic soda (50%)

chlorine

chlorobenzene

cumene

decene-1

diethanolamine

diethylene glycol

dimethyl terephthalate

dipropylene glycol

epichlorohydrin

ethylbenzene

ethylene

ethylene dichloride

ethylene glycol

ethylene oxide

hexamethylenediamine

hexene-1

hydrogen

isobutanol

isopropanol

maleic anhydride

methanol

methyl acrylate

methyl methacrylate

methylene diphenyl diisocyanate

mixed xylenes

monoethanolamine

n-butanol

n-butyl acrylate

nitrobenzene

octene-1

o-dichlorobenzene

o-xylene

p-dichlorobenzene

PET pellets (IV=0.6)

phenol

phthalic anhydride

polyethylene (HD)

polyethylene (LD)

polyethylene (LLD)

polypropylene

polyvinyl chloride

propylene

propylene dichloride

propylene glycol

propylene oxide

p-xylene

pyrolysis gasoline

styrene

t-butanol

terephthalic acid

toluene

toluene diisocyanate

triethanolamine

tripropylene glycol

vinyl acetate

vinyl chloride

ethyl acrylate

polystyrene (general purpose)

polystyrene (high impact)

synthesis gas (2:1)

ABS resin

butyl rubber

ethylene propylene copolymer (1:1)

ethylene propylene copolymer (1:3)

ethylene propylene copolymer (3:1)

ethylene/methyl acrylate copolymer

ethylene/va copolymer

ethylene-norbornene copolymer

ethylene-propylene copolymer (2:3)

fluorocarbon elastomer

high-performance film (polyetheretherketone)

high-performance film (polyetherimide)

PAG (EO/PO, 1:1)

PBT pellets (30% glass-filled)

PBT pellets (IV=0.85)

PBT pellets (IV>1.1)

PCT pellets

PCT pellets (glycol modified)

PET pellets (glycol modified)

PET pellets (IV=0.6)

PET pellets (IV=0.7)

PET polymer melt

plastic film (biax oriented PP)

plastic film (blown HDPE)

plastic film (blown LDPE)

plastic film (blown LLDPE)

plastic film (coextruded EVA/LLDPE/EVA)

plastic film (coextruded EVA/polyamide/EVA)

plastic film (coextruded HDPE/EVA)

plastic film (coextruded HDPE/LDPE)

plastic film (coextruded LDPE/LLDPE/LDPE)

plastic film (coextruded LDPE/polyamide/LDPE)

plastic film (polycarbonate)

plastic film (unoriented PP)

polyacetal copolymer

polyacrylamide (mole weight=10million)

polyacrylamide (mole weight=20million)

polyacrylamide (mole weight=7million)

polyacrylate resin (superabsorbent)

polyacrylonitrile fiber

polyamide 6

polyamide 66

polyarylate (BPA-IPA-TPA)

polyarylate (DPIP-DPTP-BPA)

polyarylate (TCL-ICL-BPA)

polybutadiene

polycarbonate

polyester (unsaturated)

polyester polycarbonate

polyether/polyester-based polyurethane dispersion

polyether-based polyurethane dispersion

polyetheretherketone

polyethylene (chlorinated)

polyethylene (HD)

polyethylene (LD)

polyethylene (LLD)

polyethylene 2,6-naphthalate

polyolefin plastomer

polyphenylene oxide (modified)

polyphenylene sulfide

polyphenylene sulfide (neat)

polyphthalamide

polyphthalamide (glass-filled)

polypropylene

polypropylene carbonate

polypropylene copolymer (2% ethylene-blended)

polypropylene copolymer (8% ethylene-blended)

polystyrene (expanded)

polystyrene (general purpose)

polystyrene (high impact)

polystyrene, syndiotactic

polystyrene-maleic anhydride

polystyrene-methyl methacrylate

polytetramethylene ether glycol

polytrimethylene terephthalate

polyvinyl acetate

polyvinyl alcohol

polyvinyl butyral

polyvinyl chloride

SAN resin

specialty film (biaxial polyamide 6)

specialty film (metallized oriented PP)

specialty film (PEN)

styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer

styrene-isoprene star copolymer (non-hydrogenated)

styrene-isoprene-styrene elastomer

tetrafluoroethylene/ethylene copolymer

thermoplastic polyurethane (polyester-based)

thermoplastic polyurethane (polyether-based)

vdc/vcm copolymer

vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer

vinyl ester resin

Next Steps

To learn more about licensing options, pricing, or to activate access for your organization, please contact your One Click LCA representative.

Did this answer your question?