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The biosolids emissions assessment model (BEAM) offers a means to model emissions associated with organic waste management systems and compare the GHG footprints of different management options. In this paper we present a case study detailing a GHG assessment we conducted for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) to compare GHG emissions associated with options for managing source\u2010separated organic (SSO) wastes generated by New York City (NYC). We modeled five options in BEAM using real\u2010world data provided by NYC: (1) landfilling raw SSO, (2) composting then land\u2010applying SSO (3) digesting then landfilling SSO, (4) digesting then land\u2010applying the digested SSO or (5) digesting then composting and land\u2010applying the composted SSO. 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