Composting MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Composting
Tree Number(s): N06.850.780.200.800.800.700.500; N06.850.860.510.900.600.200
Unique ID: D000076282
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000076282
Scope Note: A process of waste disposal involving the conversion of green waste (i.e. leaves, organic matter, food waste, manure) into soil-enhancing matter.
Entry Term(s): Compost
Previous Indexing: Soil (1963-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/12
Revision Date: 2017/07/11

Allowable Qualifiers: economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
    - Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
      - Sanitation [N06.850.780.200.800]
        
        Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.780.200.800.800]
        
        Refuse Disposal [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700]
        
        Composting [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700.500]
        
        Recycling [N06.850.780.200.800.800.700.750]

Environment and Public Health [N06]
- Public Health [N06.850]
  - Sanitation [N06.850.860]
    - Sanitary Engineering [N06.850.860.510]
      - Waste Management [N06.850.860.510.900]
        
        Refuse Disposal [N06.850.860.510.900.600]
        
        Composting [N06.850.860.510.900.600.200]
        
        Garbage [N06.850.860.510.900.600.400]
        
        Incineration [N06.850.860.510.900.600.500]
        
        Medical Waste Disposal [N06.850.860.510.900.600.600]
        
        Waste Disposal, Fluid [N06.850.860.510.900.600.900]

Composting Preferred

Compost Related

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