ECN Feedback on the Evaluation of the EU Fertilising Products Regulation (EU FPR)

The ECN, which represents the circular bioeconomy in Europe and produces quality compost and digestate from over 48 million tonnes of separately collected biowaste per year in more than 4,500 composting and anaerobic digestion plants across Europe, welcomes the initiative to evaluate the EU Fertilising Products Regulation, which came into force on 16 July 2022.

The ECN has welcomed and supported the development of a harmonised regulation for fertilising products, with the aim of boosting the market for circular recycled products — in particular bio-waste materials such as compost and digestate. This Regulation established European-wide end-of-waste criteria for compost and digestate being used as fertilising products (i.e. organic fertilisers, soil improvers, growing media).

However, there are currently no significant amounts of compost- or digestate-derived CE fertilising products available on the European market...

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