Welcome to the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme website
The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme provides assurance to consumers, farmers, food producers and retailers that biofertiliser is safe and of good quality. Biofertiliser is the name adopted within the BCS for quality digestate which is the by-product from a biogas plant that uses anaerobic digestion to break down organic material left over from food and farm processes. By certifying the digestate against a rigorous standard, plant operators can provide farmers with the necessary confidence they need to apply it safely to their land. In this way they gain a valuable source of organic, carbon-free fertiliser.
Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd., a subsidiary of the Renewable Energy Association, administers the Scheme, and has appointed two independent Certifying Bodies to assess plants impartially against the standard. A Panel with an independent Chair oversees the Scheme and its rules, and ensures that it is working in the best interests of the users of biofertiliser, that it protects the environment and safeguards human, animal and plant health.
This website contains the rules, information and tools that plants will need to apply for certification under the Scheme.
Consultancy Support
A maximum of 3 days free consultancy support for AD Plants committed to certification under PAS110 and ADQP is now available under a new WRAP initiative. The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme will administer the consultancy service.
The aim of the consultancy service is to assist plant operators to adapt systems and procedures to enable the plant successfully to achieve certification to PAS110 and ADQP.