Skip to main content
. 2017 Jan 1;140:871–880. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.049

Table 5.

Life cycle inventory data of food waste management options.

Materials Unit Animal dry feed1 Animal wet feed1 Anaerobic digestion2 Composting2
Input Food waste kg 1000 1000 1000 1000
Corn starch kg 250
Sawdust
Process water kg 2.53 236 110.8
Woodchip kg 0.31
Energy Gas 32.5
Electricity (see table) kwh 24.6 3.86 65 5.78
Diesel kg 2.47 0.081 3.29
Product kg 130 430 Digestate (659)
Electricity (260 kwh)
659
Waste Wastewater kg 640 564 320
Screening/rejected materials kg 60 30 30
Process air emissions
CO2 kg 8.7E+01 7.9E+00 2.6E-01 1.1E+01
CH4 kg 1.6E-03 3.2E-04 3.4E-02 4.8E-03
N2O kg 1.6E-04 6.4E-05 1.9E-02 2.7E-02
NOx kg 2.3E-01 2.1E-02 4.4E-02 1.0E-01
CO kg 3.1E-02 1.6E-03 1.5E-03 5.9E-02
MVOC kg 7.8E-03 0.0E+00 2.4E-02 6.0E-03