Composting and compost utilization: Accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contributions

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 800-812

  Boldrin, Alessio ^a   Andersen, Jacob K ^a   Møller, Jacob ^a   Christensen, Thomas H ^a   Favoino, Enzo ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO2 accounting; Composting; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; UOD tables

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PEAT; SOILS; WASTE TREATMENT;

COMPOST UTILIZATION; COMPOSTING PROCESS; COMPOSTING SYSTEMS; ORGANIC WASTES; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; UOD TABLES; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER;

COMPOST; COMPOSTING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CULTURE MEDIUM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72549113019     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09345275     Document Type: Review

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