The sustainable management of biowastes relies upon efficient source separation, effective processing standards carried out by well educated plant operators, robust quality monitoring, high quality composts and safe compost application. The EU Commission has embraced these concepts in its draft working documents for regulating the management of biowaste in Europe. With these in mind, the European Compost Network established several working groups for:

WG1 European Policy

WG2 Quality Assurance

WG3 Integrated Biowaste Management

WG4 Anaerobic Digestion

WG5 Eastern and Starting Countries