AgroCycle & Systemic workshop on fertilising products
The EU funded projects AgroCycle and Systemic, with the support of their partners and Biorefine Cluster Europe, organised a policy workshop on nutrients from animal manure. The workshop took place in Brussels on May 30th and its aim was to assist the European Commission in the definition of preconditions and requirements regarding animal manure. The […]
EU Fertilisers: compared methods to analyses new recycled nutrients
CEN and the German Federal Environment Ministry published a study comparing different analytical methods for recycled nutrients products, including struvites, sewage sludges and sludge incineration ashes. The aim of the research was to understand if existing methods could be used also for new fertilisers. The comparison of 6 chemical digestion methods brought strongly different results, […]
Amendment of EU regulation on fertilising products
In March 2016, the European Commission presented a legislative proposal on fertilising products as part of the Circular Economy package. The proposal discussed at ENVI Committee on 24 of April, aims to cover a wider range of fertilising products (including those manufactured from secondary raw materials), as well as to set limits for the presence […]