Emission Factor

Compost (treatment of biowaste - industrial composting)

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Emission factor summary

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.

PropertyValue
NameCompost (treatment of biowaste - industrial composting)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 22Version log
  • Replaced by: c42907f3-df10-47f4-bd24-7e8fad70e836

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_compost_treatment_of_biowaste_industrial_composting
UUID
80db6e1b-24a0-453e-bdb9-3c0c883fdf1f
Code Snippet
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