Supplemental information of "Global assessment of methane from food-waste disposal and strategies to reduce it"

This dataset compiles information developed for the global assessment of methane emission potentials from food waste disposal. (1) Methane burden and intensity: Annual methane emission potentials from food waste disposal in 237 countries and territories from 2000 to 2050; and the per-capita methane emission intensity for 2020. (2) K-value and correction factors: Country-specific food waste decay rate constant (kc) and corresponding correction factors derived from waste composition, temperature, and precipitation. (3) Uncertainty of methane production: Input parameters used for estimating uncertainty in methane generation from MSW disposal following the standardized method of UNFCCC (2017). (4) PRISMA checklist: A PRISMA checklist for systematic literature review of studies on food waste moisture and total organic carbon contents. (5) Code and files: R scripts and the necessary input files for calculating global methane emission potentials, uncertainties, and producing the corresponding figures. (6) Moisture and TOC content database: Database for systematic literature review of studies on food waste moisture and total organic carbon contents.