United States of America (the)

Food Waste - Composted

Beef - Anaerobically Digested (Dry Digestate with Curing)

Beef - Anaerobically Digested (Wet Digestate with Curing)

Beef - Combusted

Emission intensity of disposing of the specified material through composting. These factors do not include any avoided emissions impact from any of the disposal methods. All the factors presented here include transportation emissions (which are optional in the Scope 3 Calculation Guidance) with an assumed average distance traveled to the processing facility. Retrieved from the EPA's GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx).

Emission intensity of disposing of the specified material through composting. These factors do not include any avoided emissions impact from any of the disposal methods. All the factors presented here include transportation emissions (which are optional in the Scope 3 Calculation Guidance) with an assumed average distance traveled to the processing facility. Retrieved from the 2024 GHG Emission Factors Hub (xlsx) file published by the US EPA at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - closed-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Aggregates waste disposal (closed-loop)

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - closed-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - closed-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - closed-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Aggregates waste disposal (landfill)

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - open-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Aggregates waste disposal (open-loop)

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - open-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - open-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for aggregates waste disposal - open-loop. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for asbestos waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Asbestos waste disposal (landfill)

Emission intensity for asbestos waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2022: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for asbestos waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2023: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Emission intensity for asbestos waste disposal - landfill. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2024: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

Property	Value
Name	Food Waste - Composted
Sector	Waste
Category	Food and Organic Waste
Source	EPA
Region	United States of America (the) (US)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2021 2022 2023 2024
LCA Activity	end_of_life

Food Waste - Composted

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Beef - Combusted

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Food Waste - Composted	United States of America (the)	EPA	2021	Weight
Food Waste - Composted	United States of America (the)	EPA	2022	Weight
Food Waste - Composted	United States of America (the)	EPA	2023	Weight
Food Waste - Composted	United States of America (the)	EPA	2024	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (closed-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (closed-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (closed-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (closed-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (open-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (open-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (open-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	Weight
Aggregates waste disposal (open-loop)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	Weight
Asbestos waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2021	Weight
Asbestos waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2022	Weight
Asbestos waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2023	Weight
Asbestos waste disposal (landfill)	United Kingdom	BEIS	2024	Weight