ADBA policy analyst, Jo Goad, is currently taking part in a series of workshops hosted by the Defra Tackling Pollution from Slurry and the Agricultural Air Quality team to co-design the future regulations for reducing ammonia emissions from the agricultural…
DAERA have published their draft ammonia strategy and ADBA will be replying. While the strategy does not cover emissions from digestate and AD specifically, some of the proposals may have knock-on consequences for the AD industry. For this reason, we…
AD operators and digestate impact mitigation technology providers have until the 18th of February to feed into Aqua Enviro's work on BEIS' GGSS mid-scheme review. As many of our members will be aware, the company - alongside WRAP - are…
On 12 November, Scottish Government announced its decision to tighten controls on slurry and digestate storage and application following a 12 week consultation period earlier this year. This is another example of the increasing body of regulations being rolled out…
ADBA took part in a working group hosted by Defra this week to explore their ammonia emission mitigation policy proposals and encourage stakeholders to discuss the pros and cons of each of possible options. Defra will be issuing a formal…
The New Year is well and truly underway now and there are a handful of consultations deadlines throughout January. The consultations to acknowledge and provide ADBA with feedback on are outlined below. By feeding into ADBA you have your say…
See a note I've written for ADBA members on the potential for composting separated fibre from digested food waste here. This is something that government should be conducting a study on. Any comments would be appreciated - ollie.more@adbioresources.org
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is consulting on their draft Clean Air Strategy. Running until 14 August 2018, the consultation looks to support efforts to reduce transport pollution and air quality restrictions on industry, by introducing…
This week, ADBA attended a workshop held by Defra to explore their proposals to reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture, as set out in their draft Clean Air Strategy which is being consulted on presently. Click here to read our blog on…
We are working with the REA to investigate the volume and method of digestate spreading in order to inform our discussions with Defra. We would be grateful if you could complete our important survey on digestate spreading by the 18th June…
