>> Chairman Charlie's blog on compostables

Thoughts from Chairman Charlie on the news that some compostable items can be composted at non-ABP approved facilities.

>> ENVA announces acquisition of GP Green Recycling Ltd

Eva announces that it has acquired GP Green Recycling Limited for an undisclosed sum. GP Green Recycling, based in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, is one of Scotland’s largest recoverers of organic wastes, recycling organic waste materials into a soil conditioner and high-grade compost certified to British Standard PAS 100.

>> Green light for compostables

The REA’s Organics Recycling Group is pleased to confirm after discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency, Environment Agency and Scottish Environment Protection Agency, that the following compostable material types are allowed to be composted in a facility that does not have APHA approval under animal by-products regulations;

>> CoGAP for reducing ammonia emissions

Defra have published a Code of Good Agricultural Practice for reducing ammonia emission.It explains the practical steps farmers, growers, land managers, advisors and contractors in England can take to minimise ammonia emissions from the storage and application of organic manures and other materials.

>> EA release new version of M9-Environmental monitoring of bioaerosols at regulated facilities

The EA has just released the latest guidance on the monitoring of bioaerosols at regulated facilities.
It provides information on the monitoring of bioaerosols from stacks, open biofilters and in ambient air. It focuses on the following bioaerosol components:
1.The thermotolerant fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus
2. Total mesophilic bacteria
The general principles of the measurement methods may also be used to measure other types of bioaerosols.