Does Compost release CO2?
Yes and so do human beings when we breath. The simple release of CO2 does not qualify something as bad per se. Rather it is a full lifecycle assessment that determines whether a process will be more beneficial overall than it’s alternative if the project was not undertaken. For example, is the release of CO2 to create compost more beneficial than if there was no composting and all the food waste went to a landfill, contributed to landfill as a waste management strategy and continued to contribute to methane release.
