REAL has launched a consultation on proposed revisions to the Physical Contaminants & Stones (PC&S) test method. The PC&S test method currently referenced in PAS110:2014 is being updated following recommendations from REAL’s Test Method Working Group (TMWG)...
Posted: 1 October, 2025
Category: General
REAL have issued our bi-annual newsletter for the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme that covers topics including; Forum and TAC updates, working groups, and research hub updates. You can read the newsletter in full here...
Posted: 9 September, 2025
Category: News Item
To give BCS participants as much information as possible about the upcoming AD Resource Framework release, BCS has produced an ad hoc RF newsletter. Click here to read all about the changes that will be introduced on the 4th of August with the publication of the Resource Framework...
Posted: 30 July, 2025
Category: General
BCS has been informed by the Environment Agency that they will publish the Interim Anaerobic Digestate Resource Framework (ADRF) and an accompanying Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) on Monday August 4, 2025...
Posted: 2 July, 2025
Category: News Item
Latest Updates from the BCSCertification Code Visual GuidanceOvercoming Sample Collection and Courier IssuesCertification Body Tender ProcessRead more about these topics here...
Posted: 30 June, 2025
Category: General
Latest Updates from the BCS2024 Annual Report PublishedProcedures on RBP Inoculum InhibitionREAL Welcomes New Research Hub ManagerRead more about these topics here...
Posted: 30 May, 2025
Category: General
REAL has published its seventh annual report for the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme, providing an overview of the scheme and a summary of scheme developments in 2024. The report shows that by the end of 2024, there were 106 certified BCS processes in the UK: 78 in England, 7 in Northern Ireland, 13 in Scotland, and 8 in Wales...
Posted: 30 May, 2025
Category: General
REAL has today opened a tender for the provision of certification services under the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS). The tender period will run for ten weeks, closing on Thursday 31st July 2025.REAL intends to appoint a number of independent Certification Bodies to deliver certification services under the BCS on its behalf...
Posted: 27 May, 2025
Category: General
The REAL is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Research Hub Manager, Grace Egan (Grace@realschemes.org) The Research Hub plays a vital role in strengthening the technical foundations of the Schemes as well as supporting innovation and evidence-based decision-making in the organics recycling sector...
Posted: 28 April, 2025
Category: General
Upcoming eventsBCS at the REA Organics Conference 2025Upcoming BCS Producers’ ForumRead more about these topics here...
Posted: 26 March, 2025
Category: General