New Zealand

Composting

Austria

Australia

Belgium

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Switzerland

China

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

France

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

India

Italy

Korea, Republic of

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Central Asia and Pacific Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

East Europe and Iceland

Africa except Egypt and South Africa

Latin America except Brazil

Middle East, Asia and Egypt

Russian Federation (the)

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Taiwan (Province of China)

United States of America (the)

South Africa

Other waste for treatment: waste water treatment

Japan

Plastic waste for treatment: landfill

Türkiye

Food waste for treatment: composting and land application

Emission intensity of composting. Published by the Ministry for the Environment of New Zealand in 2023. Retrieved from the 2023 Emission Factors Flat File at the source URL. For detailed guidance on the application and interpretation of these emission factors please refer to the original documentation provided by the source.

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting which has been sanitised and stabilised and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent or can be used to fertilize plants. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Compost (market for compost)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting which has been sanitised and stabilised and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent or can be used to fertilize plants. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial composting)

Compost (treatment of garden biowaste - home composting in heaps)

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of biowaste, industrial composting. The Reference Product is compost. "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting, which has been sanitised and stabilised, and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N, 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent, or can be used to fertilize plants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/17281/documentation

Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial ing)

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of biowaste, industrial composting. The Reference Product is compost. "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting, which has been sanitised and stabilised, and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N, 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent, or can be used to fertilize plants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/16085/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of garden biowaste, home composting in heaps. The Reference Product is compost. "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting, which has been sanitised and stabilised, and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N, 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent, or can be used to fertilize plants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/21240/documentation

Compost (treatment of garden biowaste - home ing in heaps)

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of garden biowaste, home composting in heaps. The Reference Product is compost. "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting, which has been sanitised and stabilised, and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N, 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent, or can be used to fertilize plants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/19684/documentation

Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home composting in heaps and containers)

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste, home composting in heaps and containers. The Reference Product is compost. "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting, which has been sanitised and stabilised, and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N, 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent, or can be used to fertilize plants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/19418/documentation

Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home ing in heaps and containers)

The activity generating the emissions is treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste, home composting in heaps and containers. The Reference Product is compost. "compost" is a humus-like material. It is the result of composting, which has been sanitised and stabilised, and which confers beneficial effects when it is added to soil. In 1kg of compost there is 13.63g N, 6.32g P and 12g K. In can be used in the following applications: as growing media constituent, or can be used to fertilize plants. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/20977/documentation

Property	Value
Name	Composting
Sector	Waste
Category	Waste Management
Source	MfE
Region	New Zealand (NZ)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2023
LCA Activity	end_of_life

Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Composting	New Zealand	MfE	2023	Weight
Compost (market for compost)	Global	ecoinvent	2012	Weight
Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial composting)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial composting)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Compost (treatment of garden biowaste - home composting in heaps)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of garden biowaste - home composting in heaps)	France	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial ing)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial ing)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Compost (treatment of garden biowaste - home ing in heaps)	France	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of garden biowaste - home ing in heaps)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home composting in heaps and containers)	France	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home composting in heaps and containers)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home ing in heaps and containers)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2014	Weight
Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home ing in heaps and containers)	France	ecoinvent	2014	Weight

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