What are the emissions from thermoplastic road marking?
Thermoplastic paint is melted in kettles, usually fired by LPG, then laid hot. The LPG is Scope 1 for the marking contractor. The paint itself, resin, glass beads and pigment, is Scope 3. Record LPG and kilograms of paint per km of marking.
Count
- LPG for melting kettles.
- Diesel for the marking truck.
- Kilograms of thermoplastic and glass beads laid.
For highway agencies
Marking is small next to bitumen and aggregates, but it recurs every few years, so it adds up over a road's life.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-22.