Emission Factor
Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home composting in heaps and containers)
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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.
Property | Value |
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Name | Compost (treatment of kitchen and garden biowaste - home composting in heaps and containers) |
Sector | Waste |
Category | Waste Management |
Source | ecoinvent |
Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10 |
Region | |
Unit Type | |
Year | 2014 |
Year Released | 2023 |
Emission Factor |
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LCA Activity | unknown |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
waste_management-type_compost_treatment_of_kitchen_and_garden_biowaste_home_composting_in_heaps_and_containers
UUID
183013cd-9d06-4a02-9d5c-727d58de0fd2
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