Greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions from composting

SL Nordahl, CV Preble, TW Kirchstetter… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Municipal solid waste (MSW): Strategies to improve salt affected soil sustainability: A review

MD Meena, RK Yadav, B Narjary, G Yadav, HS Jat… - Waste management, 2019 - Elsevier
Salt-induced soil degradation is a serious threat to global agriculture which is responsible
for diminished productivity of agro-ecosystems. Irrigation with poor quality water and …

Evaluation of composting parameters, technologies and maturity indexes for aerobic manure composting: A meta-analysis

Z Ji, L Zhang, Y Liu, X Li, Z Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerobic composting is an efficient method to recover nutrients from animal manure.
However, there is considerable variability in the management and maturity criteria used …

Strategies for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in Mediterranean agriculture: A review

A Sanz-Cobena, L Lassaletta, E Aguilera… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
An integrated assessment of the potential of different management practices for mitigating
specific components of the total GHG budget (N 2 O and CH 4 emissions and C …

Current approaches and future trends in compost quality criteria for agronomic, environmental, and human health benefits

MP Bernal, SG Sommer, D Chadwick, C Qing… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic wastes are composted to stabilize organic matter, reduce the moisture content,
increase the concentrations of plant nutrients, eliminate pathogens and weed seeds …

Mitigation of ammonia, nitrous oxide and methane emissions during solid waste composting with different additives: a meta-analysis

Y Cao, X Wang, Z Bai, D Chadwick… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Composting of solid waste can be associated with a loss of the agronomic value (nutrient
loss), as well as a source of environmental impact through the emission of the greenhouse …

Crop production and nitrogen use in European cropland and grassland 1961–2019

R Einarsson, A Sanz-Cobena, E Aguilera, G Billen… - Scientific Data, 2021 - nature.com
This paper presents EuropeAgriDB v1. 0, a dataset of crop production and nitrogen (N) flows
in European cropland 1961–2019. The dataset covers 26 present-day countries, detailing …

Mitigation of carbon and nitrogen losses during pig manure composting: A meta-analysis

Z Zhang, D Liu, Y Qiao, S Li, Y Chen, C Hu - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Composting is a reliable way to recycle manure for use on croplands in sustainable
agriculture. Poor management of the composting process can result in a decrease in the …

Environmental life cycle assessment of wheat production using chemical fertilizer, manure compost, and biochar-amended manure compost strategies

Z Jiang, H Zheng, B Xing - Science of the total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Using manure compost (MC) as a substitute for chemical fertilizer (CF) has been regarded
as an effective strategy to promote sustainable crop production. The application of biochar in …

Greenhouse gas emissions of food waste disposal options for UK retailers

JA Moult, SR Allan, CN Hewitt, M Berners-Lee - Food Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Food retailers are under increasing political and social pressure to reduce both the amount
of food that they waste and the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that their food retailing …