For food producers, warehouses, distributors and waste & recycling professionals
Food Waste Compass
Anaerobic digestion estimates
Food waste destined for anaerobic digestion. Rough methane potential and potential avoided fossil-gas emissions—from a food label to the whole load, with transport kept separate.
Prototype using clearly labelled demonstration factors — not for reporting.
How it works
From food product to anaerobic digestion
Built for people who handle waste every day. Plain language, sensible defaults and clear explanations at each step.
- 1
Identify the food
A representative nutrition label, with confirmed composition and units.
- 2
Measure the load
Food, packaging, vehicle and distance to the anaerobic digestion plant.
- 3
See scoped estimates
Rough methane potential, potential avoided fossil-gas emissions and separate transport carbon.
Transparent method
Fixed formulas and published factor sources. No AI-generated numbers.
Methane from the food label
Rough theoretical methane per tonne and per load, from fat, carbohydrate, protein and fibre.
Avoided fossil-gas emissions
An illustrative estimate of the fossil gas the methane could replace — never presented as a net saving.
Transport kept separate
One-way tonne-km emissions using published UK vehicle factors, shown as emissions added — not a saving.
Compare alternative sites
See how transport carbon changes across different anaerobic digestion sites for the same load.
With a free account
Save assessments, track monthly and annual totals, and produce branded PDF reports with frozen factor versions.
Honest comparisons, not green claims
Anaerobic digestion is not automatically carbon negative. Food Waste Compass keeps methane potential, transport and potential avoided fossil-gas emissions separate; these estimates are not net carbon savings.