Sample Details

Name:
Food waste - Avoidable fruits & vegetables Lübeck DECISIVE project

Material:
Food waste: Fruits & vegetables

Description:
Sampling was conducted following the procedure described in several German waste sorting guidelines (Intecus GmbH, 2014; Kehres and Günther, 2017). For each campaign, source-separated BW and RW were collected on the regular collection day and, in the case of bi-weekly collection frequency, also in the week in between.

Sources:
Walk et al. 2021a

Properties

Property Value
Component Share
Fresh Matter (FM) 100.0 ± 0.0%
Shares of: Fresh Matter (FM)
Component Share
Water 77.2 ± 0.0%
Total Solids (TS) 22.8 ± 0.0%
Shares of: Fresh Matter (FM)
Component Share
Carbon 43.0 ± 0.0%
Oxygen 42.0 ± 0.0%
Hydrogen 7.7 ± 0.0%
Nitrogen 1.3 ± 0.0%
Sulphur 0.2 ± 0.0%
Other 5.8 ± 0.0%
Shares of: Total Solids (TS)