Surrounded by collection trucks, screening stations, bag openers, compost turners and scattering machines, on 23rd September, after the Annual Meeting of the association, an ECN’s delegation team the Earth Kingdom, “Erdenreich”.
A European Compost Network’s delegation from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Norway and Poland attended the international compost fair organised by the Austrian Compost and Biogas Association (KBVO) at the Brantner’s composting plant in Langenlois, North-west of Vienna. A complete and detailed visit of the facility was organised for the delegation during a warm and sunny day at the end of summer.
The innovative “Erdenreich” plant is the youngest Austrian compost and soil facility and is authorised to treat 35.000 tons of bio-waste per year. The maturation process last for 12 weeks and the plant was built without a shredder to prevent that the micro-impurities (< 2 mm) ended in the final product. Part of the produced compost is reserved for free for citizens who can collect it directly at the plant for their hobby gardening, but the largest amount of compost is sold as high-quality soil improver.
More impressions from the 7th International Practitioner Day are available here: https://bit.ly/3lU5lKu.
Photo: ECN Delegation at IPT 2021