Establishing a quality assurance system for compost and digestate from bio-waste can help to decrease the amount of biodegradable waste being landfilled and to increase material recycling. Germany has been successfully operating such a system since 1989, comprising also an organisation with the competence to control the quality of compost and digestate and to award a quality label, the Bundesgütegemeinschaft Kompost e.V. This brochure introduces to the quality assurance system of compost and digestate in Germany. It provides information, inter alia, on the legal framework related to bio-waste in the EU and in Germany, on involved organisations and on requirements.
This flyer informs stakeholders in Bulgaria about the importance of separately collecting bio-waste for decreasing the amount of biodegradable waste being landfilled and increasing material recycling. It informs about nutrients and energy contained in bio-waste, about different types of bio-waste, about the proper separation of bio-waste and about the options to use compost or digestate produced from bio-waste. Particular attention is given to composting and anaerobic digestion and to the value of the products from these processes: compost and digestate. The flyer is available in Bulgarian only.
In order to decrease the amount of biodegradable waste being landfilled and to increase material recycling, Bulgaria intends to extend its composting and digesting activities. Establishing a quality assurance system for compost and digestate is expected to support this initiative. This brochure provides information on the legal framework related to bio-waste in Bulgaria, but also in the EU and in Germany, as well as information on Germany’s quality assurance system for compost and digestate, in order to give orientation and share experiences. It is available in Bulgarian only, but the brochure “Quality assurance of compost and digestate. Experiences from Germany“ is available in English.
Establishing a quality assurance system for compost and digestate from bio-waste can help to decrease the amount of biodegradable waste being landfilled and to increase material recycling. Germany has been successfully operating such a system since 1989, comprising also an organisation with the competence to control the quality of compost and digestate and to award a quality label, the Bundesgütegemeinschaft Kompost e.V. This brochure introduces to the quality assurance system of compost and digestate in Germany in order to give orientation and to share experiences. It provides information, inter alia, on the legal framework related to bio-waste in the EU and in Germany, on involved organisations and on requirements. This brochure is available in English and in Chinese.