Paper: “Greenhouse gas emissions from windrow composting of organic wastes: Patterns and emissions factors.”, 2019 Environ. Res. Lett. 14 124027DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5262.
Research Team: Sintana E Vergara and Whendee L Silver
Findings: Net lifecycle emissions were negative, after considering avoided emissions and sinks. Managing composting piles to minimize methanogenesis—by maintaining sufficient O2 concentrations, and focusing on the first three weeks—could reduce emissions, contributing to the climate change mitigation benefit of composting.
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