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Environ Sci Technol

Title:		Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from Composting
Author(s):		Nordahl SL; Preble CV; Kirchstetter TW; Scown CD;
Address:		"Energy Technologies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States. Biosciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States. Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis Street, Emeryville, California 94608, United States. Energy & Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Technol
Year:		2023
Volume:		20230131
Issue:		6
Page Number:		2235 - 2247
DOI:		10.1021/acs.est.2c05846
ISSN/ISBN:		1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Print) 0013-936X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Composting can divert organic waste from landfills, reduce landfill methane emissions, and recycle nutrients back to soils. However, the composting process is also a source of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. Researchers, regulators, and policy decision-makers all rely on emissions estimates to develop local emissions inventories and weigh competing waste diversion options, yet reported emission factors are difficult to interpret and highly variable. This review explores the impacts of waste characteristics, pretreatment processes, and composting conditions on CO(2), CH(4), N(2)O, NH(3), and VOC emissions by critically reviewing and analyzing 388 emission factors from 46 studies. The values reported to date suggest that CH(4) is the single largest contributor to 100-year global warming potential (GWP(100)) for yard waste composting, comprising approximately 80% of the total GWP(100). For nitrogen-rich wastes including manure, mixed municipal organic waste, and wastewater treatment sludge, N(2)O is the largest contributor to GWP(100), accounting for half to as much as 90% of the total GWP(100). If waste is anaerobically digested prior to composting, N(2)O, NH(3), and VOC emissions tend to decrease relative to composting the untreated waste. Effective pile management and aeration are key to minimizing CH(4) emissions. However, forced aeration can increase NH(3) emissions in some cases"
Keywords:		*Greenhouse Gases/analysis *Composting *Air Pollutants/analysis *Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Ammonia/analysis Carbon Dioxide/analysis Soil Methane/analysis Nitrous Oxide/analysis Manure Air Quality Ammonia Anaerobic Digestion Composting Greenhouse;
Notes:		"MedlineNordahl, Sarah L Preble, Chelsea V Kirchstetter, Thomas W Scown, Corinne D eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Review 2023/02/01 Environ Sci Technol. 2023 Feb 14; 57(6):2235-2247. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05846. Epub 2023 Jan 31"