News from the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme

The latest news from the Biofertiliser industry

  • Feedback to Review of Biofertiliser Certification Scheme

    Following last week’s series of workshops in Edinburgh, Bristol and London, David Tompkins of WRAP and Keith Froud (EA) would like to widen the call for information to inform any future changes to the ADQP...

    Posted: 22 December, 2012

  • Association for Organics Recycling - Annual Conference - 15th March 2012

    Venue: Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Nr Warwick, CV8 2LD AfOR Conference - "Game on: winning the organics diversion race" Register for the Conference Over recent years the biological waste treatment industry has expanded substantially and the technological process mix has become more diverse...

    Posted: 15 March, 2012

  • BCS Consults AD Industry on EoW Proposals

    The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme will eventually be aligned with any new criteria and the Joint Research Centre's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-ITPS) has produced document called Technical Report for End of Waste Criteria on Biodegradable Waste – 2nd Technical Working Document 11th October 2011 which you can download and which includes the new proposals...

    Posted: 5 January, 2012

  • WRAP Workshops on Review of ADQP & PAS110 & ASRS

    Three workshops were held by WRAP at the following locations: Edinburgh 12th December Bristol 13th December London 15th December  The objective was to get feedback from the industry on all aspects of  PAS110/ADQP and ASRS with a view to a possible review of the Biofertiliser Certifiction Scheme...

    Posted: 23 December, 2011

  • Lower Reule Bioenergy become certified under the BCS

    Lower Reule Bioenergy AD plant in Staffordshire has been certified under the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme for the production of quality digestate to the ADQP and PAS110 standards. This is the third plant to be certified under the scheme and will be able to apply materials to land as a product...

    Posted: 22 December, 2011

  • New SEPA Position Statement

    SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) has issued revised version of SEPA’s position on the classification of outputs from AD processes. You can find the document on the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme website...

    Posted: 22 December, 2011

  • Consultation on European End of Waste criteria for composts and digestates

    You will be aware of the proposals for EU-wide criteria for End-of-Waste for Digestate.   The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme will eventually be aligned with any new criteria and so it is vital that we have the views of members regarding the proposed changes...

    Posted: 7 December, 2011

  • Evaluating the performance of PAS110, AD Quality Protocol & ASRS

    The AD Quality Protocol (QP) and the standard to which it refers (PAS110) plus the Additional Scheme Rules for Scotland were developed at the request of, and in partnership with, industry to provide a mechanism for defining the ‘end of waste’ position for digestate, and to build confidence amongst users of digestate...

    Posted: 20 September, 2011

  • Scottish Water Horizons is the second AD Plant to achieve certification

    Congratulations to Scottish Water Horizons whose Deerdykes AD Facility in Cumbernauld has been certified to the PAS110 and Additional Scheme Rules for Scotland (ASRS) under the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS).   This is the first plant to be certified in Scotland and the first by the Certifying Body (CB) Scottish Food Quality Certification (SFQC)...

    Posted: 30 August, 2011

  • EA Regulatory Statement due to expire 30th September

    The Environment Agency (EA) Regulatory Statement (attached) and its current extension to 30th September 2011 has allowed those those operators who registered with BCS before 31 December 2009 to be exempt for having to apply for an Environmental Permit to spread digestate...

    Posted: 15 August, 2011