>> Compost Certification Scheme announce revision of PAS100

REAL has initiated a revision to the compost quality standard BSI PAS100:2011. The revision process has been agreed and technical author appointed.

>> Successful emissions seminar

ORG held a successful seminar on Controlling and Monitoring Emissions at the Air Quality and Emissions (AQE) exhibition at the International Conference Centre, Telford. There was a range of speakers including the EA and plenty lively debate.

>> EA looking at Performance Regulation for Environmental Permitting

The EA are informally consulting on proposals for moving to a performance based approach for sites regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR).

>> Organics Recycling Industry status report 2015

WRAP have published a report which is a snapshot of the UK’s anaerobic digestion and composting sector and markets for their outputs. This is similar to the previous ASORI survey.

>> ORG Sector Group visit to Veolia IVC

ORG recently held a Sector Group meeting at Veolia's Woodlands Composting facility. A morning session of updates was followed by a site tour of the IVC site which produces PAS100 certified compost.