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

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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 garden biowaste - home composting in heaps)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent) (ECOINVENT_ROW)
Unit Type
Weight
Year
2014
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.5, 3.12
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_compost_treatment_of_garden_biowaste_home_composting_in_heaps
UUID
aeb82a00-cc6e-43ac-a405-d34b6b5fd3d7
Code Snippet
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