hello, We have just started a compost pile and worm farm at the highschool where I teach science. We have been keeping track of diversion of organic waste from the cafeteria (7-8 kg/daily) from the public waste disposal system. We are now wanting to come up with an algorithm to determine the amount of carbon dioxide and methane we are saving from adding to greenhouse gases. Some of the steps we would like to determine (and there are likely some missing in the algorithm): how much fossil fuel does an average garbage truck burn per mass (kg) of waste hauled over 1 km? How much of that fossil fuel from the garbage truck becomes greenhouse gas? Is worm farming reducing methane production over landfilling? Like I said I'm sure we're missing some steps and would be appreciative of anyone that has attempted such an algorithm before. thanks, Adam Herbert American International School San Jose, Costa Rica
