ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONin accordance with ISO 14025

Owner of the declaration: Borregaard AS

Program operator: The Norwegian EPD Foundation

Publisher: The Norwegian EPD Foundation

Declaration number: NEPD-1714-516-EN

Issue date: 30.05.2016

Valid to: 30.05.2021

www.epd-norge.no

Borregaard AS

Liquid lignosulfonate

Ver. 1 2015

NEPD-1714-516-EN Liquid lignosulfonate

General information

Product Owner of the declaration

Liquid lignosulfonate Borregaard AS

Contact person: Tuva Barnholt

Phone: +47 69 11 88 69

e-mail: tuva.barnholt@borregaard.com

Address: Postboks 162, 1701 SarpsborgNorway

Program holder Manufacturer

Borregaard AS

Phone: +472308829 2 Phone: +47 69 11 80 00

e-mail: post@epd-norge.no e-mail: borregaard@borregaard.com

Declaration number Place of production:

NEDP-1714-516-EN Sarpsborg, Norway

Management system:

Organisation no:

The owner of the declaration shall be liable for the underlying

information and evidence.

EPD Norway shall not be liable with respect to manufacturer,

life cycle assessment data and evidences. Issue date

Valid to

Declared unit: Year of study:

Declared unit with option:

Functional unit: The EPD has been worked out by:

Ellen Soldal and Ingunn Saur Modahl

Verification:

Approved

Product

Third party verifier:

The Norwegian EPD foundation

Company logo

The declared unit is 1000 kg DM of liquid lignosulfonate.

EPDs from other programmes than the Norwegian EPD

foundation may not be comparable.

internal

Hjalmar Wessels vei 6, 1721 Sarpsborg, Norway

30.05.2016

Comparability:

2015

This declaration is based on Product Category Rules:

external

Senior Research Scientist Anne Rønning

895623032

30.05.2021

Post Box 5250 Majorstuen, 0303 Oslo, Norway

Independent verification of the declaration and data, according

to ISO14025:2010

(Independent verifier approved by EPD Norway)

ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 14001

(Environmental Management) and ISO 50001 (Energy

Management)

Statements:

This EPD is made in accordance with PCR 2011:17 v.2.0

(Environdec 2016).

1000 kg of liquid lignosulfonate with 1000 km of transportation

to customer.

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Technical data:

Dry matter (DM) content 51%

Market:

Global

Product specification

Reference service life:

Not relevant

LCA: Calculation rulesDeclared unit: System boundary:

Figure 1: Technical flow chart illustrating life cycle stages at Borregaard included in the analysis.

Data quality: Cut-off criteria:

All major raw materials and all the essential energy are

included. See Chapter 2.4.2 in Modahl and Soldal (2016)

for details.

Data on consumption of natural resources, energy carriers and

chemicals, and production amount are specific for Borregaard.

Data collected for 2014. For upstream processes, some data are

specific (five raw materials/chemicals). For the remaining, generic

data from Ecoinvent 3.0 or, when equal products could not be

found, proxy data for similar products have been used (Weidema et

al. 2013). See Chapter 2.4 in Modahl and Soldal (2016) for details.

The system boundaries include extraction, transportion and

processing of natural resources, manufacturing of the

product and transportation of the product 1000 km by

typical transportation modes. The system boundaries are

described in more detail in Modahl and Soldal (2016).

Borregaard's liquid lignosulfonate products are typically used

as dispersing agents or binding agents for industrial

applications. The raw material is natural, renewable and non-

toxic. The products are safe to handle and store, thus no

classification is required with respect to categories of danger,

symbol letters or risk phrases.

Lignosulfonate

Water 490 kg

510 kg

Product description:

51 %

%

The declared unit is 1000 kg DM of liquid lignosulfonate,

including 1000 km of transport to customer. Transportation to

customer (A4) has been corrected to account for the burden of

transporting water

Materials*

*Here the product content is given on wet basis as sold to

customer. However, the data and results in this EPD are

given per ton dry matter (DM).

kg

49 %

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Allocation: Deviations from PCR:

LCA: Scenarios and additional technical information

Boat

* For the transport processes, average data from Ecoinvent is used, and average capasity load is included in the process.

LCA: Results

System boundaries (X=included, MND=module not declared, MNR=module not relevant)

2,00

The life cycle stages A1-A3 are the most influential. Within these stages, production and transport of timber, wood chips and

chemicals are most important for all environmental impact categories investigated, except EP where “other internal processes” are

most influential. Next, combustion of oil and/or gas at the plant is important for GWP, POCP and ODP. For AD transport to

customer is influential. Further details on the results can be found in Modahl and Soldal (2016).

Beyond the

system

boundaries

A3

MNDMND MND

End of life stage

A2

X

Raw

mate

rials

MND

Main

tenance

X X

Manufa

ctu

ring

B5

The allocation is made in accordance with the provisions of ISO

14025. Allocation has as far as possible, been avoided by

modelling the processes at Borregaard on a detailed level. When

allocation has been necessary, allocation based on mass (DM) has

been used. In processes with hot water as an outflow and where

the hot water is exploited in other processes, the energy content

has been calculated into mass through use of the heat value for

biological dry matter. See Chapter 2.5 in Modahl and Soldal (2016)

for details.

We have not used the additional models EUTREND (for

EP) and LOTUS-EUROS (for POCP). This EPD deviates

from the PCR regarding inclusion of energy used in office

space. All energy consumption has been reported

collected, and the energy used in office spaces are

assumed to be negligible compared to the energy used in

production processes.

A1

Truck

1.9E-3 l/tkm

0.04 kWh/tkm

A5 C1

The following information describe the scenarios in the different modules of the EPD.

150 0.031 l/tkm

Assembly stage

MND

Use stage

MND

800Transoseanic ship 2.5E-3 l/tkm

Freight train

MND

B3

Opera

tional w

ate

r use

D

Dis

posal

Reuse-R

ecovery

-Recyclin

g-

pote

ntial

C4

Waste

pro

cessin

g

C2

Tra

nsport

C3A4

Repla

cem

ent

Refu

rbis

hm

ent

2,00

B4

Repair

Assem

bly

Product stage

MND MND

0,10

B1

MND

Use

Tra

nsport

Tra

nsport

*Lorry 16-32 metric ton,

EURO4

B7

De-c

onstr

uction d

em

olit

ion

4,65

Opera

tional energ

y u

se

B6

MNDX MND

B2

In line with the PCR, 1000 km of transport to customer is included. The distribution among the transportion types are reported by

Borregaard, and is average for the product.

Railway*

50

Distance kmCapacity utilisation (incl. return) %

Type of vehicle Fuel/Energy

consumption

Type Value

(l/t)

*

MND

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End of life - Waste

* >99% of A1-A3 for "other water" is direct water use by core process.

GWP

Unit

1,35E-05 2,39E-05

POCP

kg CFC11-eqvODP

1,34E-01

Emissions

Unit

2,58E+02

SO2 kg 2,10E+00 2,53E-01 2,35E+00

6,67E-02 1,70E+00

1,59E-07

8,10E+02

6,77E-04

kg PO43-

-eqv

MJ

EP

kg Sb-eqv1,64E+00

A1-A3

AP

Parameter

5,76E+01

A1-A4

kg SO2 -eqv

1,70E-02

5,13E-01 3,39E+002,88E+00

2,76E+02

1,04E-05

2,18E+02kg CO2 -eqv

4,31E-03

7,11E+02

A4

A4

Environmental impact

ADPM

MJ

2,01E+02

CO g 1,73E+02

kg

CH4

3,36E+01

m3

m3

m3

GW

3,37E+01

1,01E+04

8,11E+01

3,41E+01

MJ

7,11E+02

RPEE Renewable primary energy resources used as energy carrier; RPEM Renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials; TPE

Total use of renewable primary energy resources; NRPE Non renewable primary energy resources used as energy carrier; NRPM Non

renewable primary energy resources used as materials; TRPE Total use of non renewable primary energy resources; SM Use of secondary

materials; RSF Use of renewable secondary fuels; NRSF Use of non renewable secondary fuels; GW Use of ground water; SW Use of surface

water; RW Use of river water; OW Use of other water; W Net use of fresh water

6,60E-05

2,94E-02

1,58E+04

0,00E+00

4,73E-02

8,11E-02

0,00E+00

1,01E-01

MJ

MJ

MJ

kg

m3

3,10E+03

0,00E+00

3,10E+03

NRSF

NRPM 0,00E+00

2,27E+03

1,83E-03

4,19E-01

5,41E+00

8,31E+02

MJ

MJ

Unit A1-A3

W

OW*

SW

RW

TPE 1,58E+04

RPEM

m3

MJ

SM

RSF

TRPE

2,27E+03

kg 6,76E+00 1,68E-01

Parameter

8,31E+02

4,59E+00

0,00E+00

1,01E+04

NRPE

9,66E-02

8,19E-01

Emissions

to air

ADPE

Emissions

to water

1,55E-03 2,00E+00

g 3,18E+02 3,51E+01

1,17E-01

NOx g 2,00E+00

5,76E+03

2,91E+01

A4

5,75E+03

Resource use

5,44E+01

NMVOC

N total

P total

COD

g

g 2,01E+02

g 3,97E+01 0,00E+00

A1-A4

3,97E+01

0,00E+00

RPEE

A1-A4A1-A3

0,00E+00

6,77E-04

0,00E+00 0,00E+00

0,00E+00

1,10E+02

3,53E+02

Emissions/FU

A1-A3 A4 A1-A4

Unit

1,94E+03 2,75E+03

0,00E+00

CO2 (fossil) kg 2,02E+02

6,93E+00

9,80E+01 2,71E+02

5,63E+01

INAkg INA

kg

kg

HW Hazardous waste disposed; NHW Non hazardous waste disposed; RW Radioactive waste disposed

2,04E-012,04E-01 1,87E-04

1,11E+00 4,77E+01NHW

INA

*Radioactive waste disposed is assessed in volume, not in weight.

The amount is given in the LCA-report (Modahl and Soldal, 2016).

GWP Global warming potential; ODP Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer; POCP Formation potential of tropospheric

photochemical oxidants; AP Acidification potential of land and water; EP Eutrophication potential; ADPM Abiotic depletion potential for non fossil

resources; ADPE Abiotic depletion potential for fossil resources

RW*

Parameter

1,76E-03

3,90E-01

3,42E+01

kg C2H4 -eqv

1,71E-01

4,66E+01

HW

5,45E+01

BOD

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End of life - Output flow

9,0 E-03 = 9,0*10-3

= 0,009

Additional environmental information

Additional Norwegian requirements

Greenhous gas emission from the use of electricity in the manufacturing phase

Dangerous substances

Indoor environment

No tests have been carried out on the product concerning indoor climate.

0,00E+00

0,00E+00

MJEEE

Amount Unit

Econinvent v3 (june 2014) 25,3 g CO2-eqv/kWh

Reading example:

A1-A3 A4

1,24E+00

0,00E+00

2,06E-01

1,24E+00

MJ0,00E+00

MER

0,00E+00

0,00E+00

0,00E+00

0,00E+00

kg

0,00E+00

2,06E-01

Parameter

kg

kg

When lignosulfonate is used as an additive in construction applications, the carbon in the lignosulfonate is stored. This means carbon dioxide

bound by the trees is taken out of the carbon cycle. The carbon content of lignosulfonate is approximately 400 g per kg. As a consequence,

1.467 kg CO2 per kg lignosulfonate product is withdrawn from the atmosphere. More than 70 % of the lignosulfonate admixture is irreversibly

bound into the concrete matrix, even under extreme leaching conditions (Herterich et al. 2003, Dransfield 2004).

Borregaard uses Norway spruce harvested in Norway (approx. 85%) or Sweden (approx. 15%). All timber purchased is harvested according to

the country of origin regulations of harvest, forest management and biological diversity. All timber harvested in Norway is certified according to

the PEFC standard.

Unit

0,00E+00ETE

CR Components for reuse; MR Materials for recycling; MER Materials for energy recovery; EEE Exported electric energy; ETE Exported

thermal energy

0,00E+00

The following data is used for national production mix from import, low voltage (production of transmission lines, in addition to

direct emissions and losses in grid) of applied electricity for the manufacturing prosess (A3): Electricity, low voltage {NO}| market

for | Alloc Rec, U (Weidema et al. 2013).

Data source

The product contains no substances given by the REACH Candidate list (The European parliament 2006, European

Chemicals Agency, 2015) or the Norwegian priority list (Norwegian Environment Agency, 2015).

The product contains substances given by the REACH Candidate list or the Norwegian priority list that are less than 0,1 %

by weight.

The product contain dangerous substances, more then 0,1% by weight, given by the REACH Candidate List or the

Norwegian Priority list, see table.

The product contains no substances given by the REACH Candidate list or the Norwegian priority list. The product is

classified as hazardous waste (Avfallsforskiften, Annex III), see table.

MR

CR

A1-A4

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Hjalmar Wessels vei 6, 1721 Sarpsborg e-mail: borregaard@borregaard.com

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