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ECN Flyer

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:45:14 +0000

New ECN Flyer is available

According to the updated ECN Mission and Vision the ECN Flyer has been renewed.

ECN Members are kindly asked to order the new ECN Flyer for advertising purposes (e.g. conferences, workshops, seminars etc.)

Please send an email to info@compostnetwork.info

ECN Workshop 2012

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:31:47 +0000

From Waste to Product – Sustainable Management of Organic Resources in Europe

The ECN Workshop 2012 “From Waste to Product – Sustainable Management of Organic Resources in Europe” will be held on the 13^th June 2012 during the 8^th International Conference ORBIT2012 in Rennes.

The ECN Workshop 2012 focusses on the current European strategies and policies towards a “Recycling Society” including a sustainable management of organic resources in Europe.

Main topic of the ECN Workshop will be the initiative of the European Commission to set up End-of-Waste criteria for compost and digestate. Further different strategies on the management of biowaste and effective marketing solutions for organic resources in Europe will be presented.

The ECN Workshop programme can be downloaded here

For registration visit the website of the ORBIT conference 2012.

New Study of the EU Commission on Implementing EU Waste Legislation for Green Growth

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:47:49 +0000

The European Commission has published a new study on the implementation on EU Waste legislation. This study contains an in-depth analysis of the effects of proper implementation and enforcement of EU waste legislation, both in terms of the economic, social and environmental benefits of implementing EU waste legislation as well as through a number of specific case studies in Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. The study also describes the necessary tasks to be carried out in order to overcome current implementation barriers and includes a number of options on how to deal with these tasks.

Final report

ECN Annual Report 2011

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:47:30 +0000

The European Compost Network has published the Annual report 2011. Besides the information about the constitution of the network, the new elected ECN Board information of the ECNs work in 2011 is given.

The ECN Annual Report 2011 can be downloaded here.

Nordic Biogas Conference

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:06:19 +0000

25April 2012 in Copenhagen (DK)

ECN – New Office Address

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:10:53 +0000

With the beginning of 2012 the office of the European Compost Network moved from Oelde to Bochum. Ms Stefanie Siebert is nominated as Executive Director of the European Compost Network. Please note the new address and contact dates:

European Compost Network ECN e.V.
Im Dohlenbruch 11
44795 Bochum (Germany)
T. ++49 (0) 234 438 9447
F. ++49 (0) 234 438 9448
Email: info@compostnetwork.info

3rd Baltic Biowaste Conference

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:00:19 +0000

Challenges for the Implementation of Municipal Biodegradable Waste Management in the Baltic States.

The European Compost Network together with ISWA and in cooperation
with Lithuanian Ministry of Environment organised the 3rd Baltic Biowaste Conference with 150 participants.

The conference took place on the 23./24. November 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Further information here

Revision of Fertiliser Regulation (EG) No 2003/2003

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:59:10 +0000

The EU Commission is going to revise the EU Fertiliser Regulation in respect to include organic fertiliser in this regulation. The revision is supported by an ongoing technical study that aims at collecting information on the EU ferilisers market and at developing and assessing a set of policy options in terms of their possible impacts on human health and the environment. The final draft of this study will be available by mid-November 2011.

Further the Commission intends to set up four technical working groups where all stakeholders are asked to nominate experts for the different working group issues.
The following four working groups will be implemented in 2012.

WG1: Overall structure of the future proposal
WG2: Nutrient content, Product composition and agronomic efficacy
WG3: Contaminants, Hygiene and other Risks
WG4: Labelling, Enforcement and Control

The detailed descriptions for setting up ad-hoc working groups in the context of the revision ot the Fertiliser Regulation (EG) No 2003/2003 can be downloaded here.

ECN-QAS Quality Manual

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:09:20 +0000

The ECN-QAS Quality Manual provides all information and recommendations on all checks that the applicant and the corresponding body (National Quality Assurance Organisation) have to carry out during the utilisation period of the Conformity Label and Quality Label for compost. The Quality Manual includes the requirements for the conformity assessment of national quality assurance organisations and for composting plants.

The Quality Manual is divided in three main parts:

Part A “The European Quality Assurance Scheme” describes the general target and structure of the European Quality Assurance Scheme (ECN-QAS).
Part B “Quality Assurance Organisations” of the ECN-QAS Quality Manual specifies the ECN requirements to be met by a national quality assurance organisation (NQAO) for composting plants, which are preconditions for the described recognition procedure of an organisation performing quality assurance according to the European Quality Assurance Scheme of ECN e.V..
Part C “European Quality Assurance Scheme for Compost” of the ECN-QAS Quality Manual specifies requirements for the operational process management of composting, the selection of input materials and the compost quality. It includes specifications for sampling and testing. It also specifies requirements for product certification and declaration to ensure that the compost products are consistently fit for their intended uses. These essential elements have to be implemented into the quality assurance scheme of the national quality assurance organisation (NQAO).

Index of the ECN-QAS Quality Manual (ECN-QAS_QM_Index)

Presentation of the ECN-QAS Quality Manual

ORBIT2012

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:00:11 +0000

The ORBIT2012, organised by Cemagref and ECN, is scheduled for the 12^th to 15^th June 2012 in Rennes, France.

For abstract submission and registration please visit the website: www.orbit2012.fr