Composting emission factors
Composting of organic waste. From 9 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.
What the 6 factor pages say
One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.
Per kg · 5 factor pages
Log scale: each gridline is 10 times the last- Waste Disposal - Biological Treatment of Waste - CompostingEnd of life0.177
MfE · New Zealand · 2024
- Food Waste - CompostedEnd of life0.121
EPA Hub · United States · 2026
- CompostingEnd of life0.046
NGA · Australia · 2025
- Construction - Wood - CompostingEnd of life0.00901
DESNZ · United Kingdom · 2026
- Disposal, drilling waste, 71.5% water, to landfarmingCradle to distribution gate0.00163
ICM · Australia · 2015
Per EUR
EXIOBASE puts Food waste for treatment: composting and land application at 2.08 kgCO₂e/EUR (Cradle to gate, 2019), the only factor page in this unit.
Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.
Who publishes these factors
9 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.
EXIOBASE (80) and EPA Hub (15) hold 84% of them; the other 7 publish the rest (18).
Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.
Every factor page
Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.
| Activity | Library | Region | Boundary | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction - Wood - Composting | DESNZ | United Kingdom | End of life | 0.00901 kgCO₂e/kg | 2026 |
| Food Waste - Composted | EPA Hub | United States | End of life | 0.121 kgCO₂e/kg | 2026 |
| Food waste for treatment: composting and land application | EXIOBASE | Rest of World: America (EXIOBASE) | Cradle to gate | 2.08 kgCO₂e/EUR | 2019 |
| Disposal, drilling waste, 71.5% water, to landfarming | ICM | Australia | Cradle to distribution gate | 0.00163 kgCO₂e/kg | 2015 |
| Waste Disposal - Biological Treatment of Waste - Composting | MfE | New Zealand | End of life | 0.177 kgCO₂e/kg | 2024 |
| Composting | NGA | Australia | End of life | 0.046 kgCO₂e/kg | 2025 |
Other subcategories
- Landfill469 factors · 10 pages
- Incineration446 factors · 11 pages
- Recycling224 factors · 9 pages
- Anaerobic digestion135 factors · 6 pages
- Wastewater treatment125 factors · 4 pages
- Waste collection and sorting24 factors · 1 page
- Hazardous waste treatment11 factors · 1 page
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