Food & garden ‐ n°3
Title Lifemanagement^ cycle^ assessment options^ of^ food^ waste^
Year 2005
Author Lundie and Peters
Impact assessment
Home Composting
(aerobic) (case
FW2)Home Composting
(unaerobic) (case
FW3)Centralised
composting (case
FW1)Co‐disposal with
MSW (Landfil
without energy
recovery)In‐Sink_Erator (not
inlcuded in the
comparison)
Depletion of abiotic resources
Climate change (kg CO2‐eq/ton) 16.00 1500.00 285. 70 450.50 71.40
Cumulative enerhy demand (MJ/ton) 219.80 219.80 3631. 90 1197.80 802.20
Waterconsumption(m^3 ) 54.90 54.90 104.40 263.70 12829.70
Eutrophication (kg P eq/ton) 0.05 0.05 0.66 0.30 0.99
Acidification (kg SO2 eq/ton) 0.02 0.02 3.24 0.82 0.60
Photochemical oxydation (kg ethylene eq)
Ozone depletion (kg CFC‐ 11 eq)
Toxicity (kg 1 ‐ 4 ‐dichlorobenzene)
Terrestrial Ecotoxicity (kg DCB‐eq/ton) ‐1.10 ‐1.10 10.99 28.57 20.33
Acuatic Ecotoxicity (kg DCB‐eq/ton) 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.04
Human Toxicity (kg DCB‐eq/ton) 0.00 0.00 1.70 0.52 5.05Indicator not includedThe management of the average amount of food waste
produced by a household in 1 year. In the Waverley
Council area, this amounts to 182 kg (wet) per annum3[FW]Methodology Specific methodology
disposal stage only