Das Projekt "AD-NETT: Anaerobe Faulung landwirtschaftlicher und industrieller Abfaelle - Informationsnetzwerk" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Betriebswirtschaft und Landtechnik, NEFF - Biogasprojekt durchgeführt. General Information: This is a concerted action to form an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Network for agro-industrial wastes, principally to allow exchange of information and experience. It replaces the former IEA Activity on AD/biomass, and will build on the links already established and the conclusions drawn from the final report. It will also link with the EC ALTENER network project (the Industrial Exploitation of Waste for Energy' - Contract n 4.01030/94-07). Its objectives are to: - establish a network of expertise to share experience on the AD of agro-industrial; - produce databases covering (a) AD experts and organisations, (b) plant catalogue of project sites and (c) data library; - examine non-technical barriers to implementing AD and suggest how these might be overcome; - develop a methodology for the mapping of agro-industrial wastes; - identify key research and development problems and assist in the direction of future research activities by the EC and Member States; - examine local/global environmental impact/benefits for AD of agro-industrial wastes and compare with that of traditional farming and waste disposal practice; - information exchange on the performance of successful commercial AD facilities; - promote through Summary reports, Newsletters and Fact Sheets; - establish a Web site on the Internet to advertise the project, promote the findings and obtain feedback; - organise a seminar and publish project findings as a definitive source of information on AD.