European Compostnetwork ECN

Working Group2: Standardisation, Quality Assurance, Compost Use

Chair: Stefanie Siebert (DE)

Scope

The scope of WG2 is the development and implementation of a European Quality Assurance Scheme (ECN-QAS) including requirements for Quality Assurance Organisations and for a European quality standard for compost and digestate.

Main objectives

  • Harmonisation of the requirements for compost and digestate across Europe to build up an European-wide market for quality compost and digestate
  • Harmonisation of existing quality assurance schemes across Europe and
  • Support of quality assurance organisations establishing quality assurance schemes for compost and digestate in the European Countries.

Main tasks

  • Implementation of the ECN-QAS for compost
  • Development of the ECN-QAS for digestate

Further information on ECN-QAS see www.ecn-qas.eu

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