Compost quality

Compost quality

Compost delivered from an Aikan plant has a precisely defined quality and can be used as a substitute for conventional NPK fertilizer.


1 tonne of compost contains the following nutrients (example specification):

Nitrogen – total: 16.5 kg

Ammonium-nitrogen: 1.3 kg

Nitrate-nitrogen: 0.2 kg

Phosphorous – total: 7.7 kg

Potassium – total: 5.3 kg

Magnesium – total: 1.7 kg

Sulfur – total: 2.7 kg

Lv, conductivity value (10mS/cm): 11.4

Lt, conductivity number (10mS/cm): 24.3

pH-value, acidity: 7.4

Rt, reactivity number: 7.6


For further details, please see example of a compost declaration from an Aikan plant in Denmark.