In contrast to ‘standard’ materials, the biodegradable
materials are in general suitable for a larger variety of waste treatment options and alternative waste treatment types for
organic, biodegradable waste thus have to be evaluated. In this
section we present the inventory data for four types of waste
treatment: industrial composting, home composting, anaerobic
digestion and waste incineration. All of the data presented here
take into account only the waste management stage, but not any
environmental effects from the production of the biodegradable
materials. We calculate long-term carbon storage for each material
via biodegradation of the material during composting and the
degradation rate of humus.