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Feedstock energy

Embodied Carbon, The Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE), By Prof. Geoffrey Hammond and Craig Jones, Ed. Fiona Lowrie and Peter Tse, published by BSRIA in 2011, states: ‘Feedstock energy is derived from fuel inputs that have been used as a material rather than a fuel. For example, petrochemicals may be used as feedstock materials to make plastics and rubber. The energy is not released but retained and therefore feedstock energy may often be (partially) recovered at the end of product lifetime (e.g. through incineration).’

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