>> CD239 - Proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures

Details of a HSE consultation seeking views on deleting or amending 14 different sets of regulations.

>> Yeovil construction company prosecuted after worker hit by fork lift truck.

Whilst not directly relevant to our industry there are parallels. Heavy plant is used throughout the bio-waste and other industries where AfOR members are involved.

>> World - What's Green? Distilling Results from Competing Studies

This is a meta analysis of reports relating to life cycle assessments. The report includes several areas in the biowaste and renewables sector.

>> UK - Hopes raised that Queen's Speech will favour waste

Waste leaders have welcomed clarification on key legislation relating to the forthcoming Energy Bill and Green Investment Bank (GIB) outlined in the Queen's Speech today (May 9).

>> UK - Local Authorities Recycling More & Landfilling Less in England

Local Authorities Recycling More & landfilling less in England
The total quantity of wastes sent to landfill by local authorities in England decreased by 7.6% to 10.5 million tonnes while recycling has risen by 1%.

Welcome to the Association for Organics Recycling's home page

The Association for Organics Recycling (AfOR) is the United Kingdom's membership organisation committed to the sustainable management of biodegradable resources. It promotes the benefits of composting, digestion, and other biological treatment techniques and the use of biologically treated materials for the enhancement of the environment, business and society.

AfOR was formerly known as the Composting Association, which was established in the early 1990s. This website provides news and information relevant to the biodegradable resource sector, including health and safety and certification of composts and compostable packaging, as well as an on-line directory of members and a downloadable list of certified composts. Relevant events are promoted here, as too are the products and services of advertisers and sponsors.

AfOR provides a technical enquiry service for its members and offers a range of membership categories suited to the biodegradable resource management industry. The website category 'Membership' sets out the benefits associated with becoming a member and AfOR welcomes such enquiries.

AfOR ~ Supporting biodegradable resource management that enhances the environment, business and society.

AfOR Update

AfOR Study Tour to Austria & Slovakia

2^nd - 4^th July 2012

Join us on our study tour to Austria and Slovakia!

View a range of technologies including MBT, RDF preparation, energy from biomass, AD, and the largest open air windrow composting facility in Europe.
See our event sponsor Komptech’s latest biowaste processing machinery.
See first-hand how effective these technologies are for diverting biowastes from landfill.
Learn what the leading technology providers and organics processors in Austria are doing to develop their industry.
Discuss best practice with tour guides at the facilities and colleagues from the UK.

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The delegate price of this three day study tour includes flight, accommocation and food.

Limited Places Available ~ click HERE for further details.

Update on prospective EoW criteria for composts and digestates

The European Commission Joint Research Centre's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS) is carrying out a study on end-of-waste criteria for biodegradable waste subject to biological treatment.

On 14^th May, JRC-ITPS provided members of this study's Technical Working Group with a further update about its progress. AfOR is a member of this Techical Working Group.

Members of AfOR can read the update communication from JRC-ITPS by clicking HERE.