PRESS RELEASE Date: 17 June 2016 Embargo: Immediate A consultation on improving standards for AD operations has closed this week, before ADBA’s Best Practice Scheme checklists are launched at UK AD & Biogas on 6 July. The project will help…
I attended Defra’s Biowaste Regulatory Forum this week, which brings together Defra, the regulators (the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales), trade associations and professional bodies. The meeting is a platform for us to update Defra and the regulators on…
We have been asked by the EA to circulate a link to a survey regarding their Fire Prevention Plan guidance which, as you may be aware, is currently being revised. The EA undertook a consultation on this in November 2015 and they…
We have now created an event page for the Best Practice Scheme Stakeholder Meeting on 16 May. The meeting will be held in Bristol and will start at 15:45 (immediately after our Regulatory Forum event). It will be open to both…
The Training, Safety & Environment Working Group, chaired by Terry Brownhill, met last week to discuss relevant issues and ongoing work. The key points to share from this meeting are detailed below. Current work Training – the working group discussed…
This week I represented ADBA at a stakeholder meeting held by the Environment Agency (EA) on the new M9 technical guidance note for bioaerosol monitoring. The EA have become increasingly concerned about the potential impacts of bioaerosol emissions from biowaste…
The Training, Safety and Environment Working Group, chaired by Terry Brownhill, will be meeting on Wednesday 23 March from 10:30-14:00. The group will discuss a range of current topics, including ADBA’s work on training, the Best Practice Scheme, and odour…
This week I represented ADBA at Defra’s Biowaste Regulatory Forum, which is a regular meeting between Defra, the EA and the trade bodies and professional bodies involved in the biowaste sector. The meeting included updates on a few key topics:…
As explained in previous blogs, the revised Waste Treatment BREF has now been released for consultation. We met with the Environment Agency (EA) last week to discuss the consultation process (click here for more information), and they have now sent us…
Aqua Enviro and Eunomia, on behalf of the Environment Agency, are undertaking a project examining the range of wastes produced during biodiesel manufacture, and their suitability for ‘bio-treatment’ (including anaerobic digestion, composting, aerobic digestion and MBT). At present the only…
