Last week ADBA attended the Biowaste Regulatory Forum where the EA, Defra and industry trade bodies provide updates on biowaste topics and regulation. Key updates from this quarter’s forum include: Covid and remote auditing – Following discussions between the devolved…
Last week, ADBA responded to Defra’s Extended Producer Responsibility consultation. The consultation laid out governments plans to incentivise packaging producers to design easy to recycle packaging by making them responsible for the management costs incurred throughout the entire waste management…
ADBA, CIWM, ESA and the REA recently submitted confirmation to the Environment Agency (EA) that industry will be supporting the revision of the Compost and Anaerobic Digestate Quality Protocols (QPs). The EA have confirmed that following industry commitment to provide…
Following a successful first engagement session around the first two chapters of the Biomass Strategy: Call for Evidence consultation, ADBA will be hosting a second session on Friday 28th May 9.30 - 11.00. The consultation, summarised here, seeks evidence to…
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…
BEIS have put out a call for evidence to feed into the development of the Biomass[1] Strategy - one of the most crucial policies for AD industry in recent years. It its first update in ten years, the Biomass Strategy…
ADBA hosted our biannual Members Meeting on 20th April. Nearly a hundred members, staff and government representatives gathered online for the update on the AD sector in time with the release of ADBA’s bi-annual Policy Report. One of the key…
Ofwat have released a consultation outlining their updated bioresources information strategy and are asking for feedback on their proposals, as part of their work to develop the bioresources market. Recently, the water regulator has taken steps to explore how they drive…
Last week, Defra released an overview of the anticipated Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMS) and is calling on farmers to register their interest in taking part in the next stage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. The SFI, one…
Last week BEIS launched a Biomass Feedstock Innovation (BFI) Competition funded by the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio as part of their BFI Programme. The Competition will be awarding funds to support innovations hoping to tackle barriers to large-scale domestic biomass…
