European Compost Network ECN e.V.

European Compost Network ECN is a collaboration of partners promoting sustainable practices in composting, anaerobic digestion and other treatment procedures for organic waste across Europe. It serves with his approach "Quality Management in Biological Treatment of Biodegradable Waste" first of all for the need of the practical operation and the decision makers.

Working fields
* Data collection and European surveys
* Contributions to developments in the EU
* Concepts meeting EU legislation
* High quality, cost effective source separation
* Best practices in treatment procedures
* Standards and quality monitoring
* Compost/digestate application and marketing
* Research and technology news
* Environmental effects

The ECN is a a not-for-profit organisation that pro-motes the scientific development of environmental biotechnology worldwide.

Membership of the ECN encompasses more than 4500 organic waste experts, treatment plants a (...)

The Europen Green Deal of the new elected Commission inlcudes the folllowing work items with relevance for the bio-waste management sector in Europe:
■ Transition to a Circular Economy - A new Circular Economy Action plan (CE 2.0)
■ Preserving Europe’s natural capital - Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
■ Farm to Fork - Farm to Fork Strategy
■ A zero pollution action plan for air, water and soil – a healthier planet for healthier people
■ Updating the European Soil Thematic Strategy
■ EU Methane Emission Strategy
■ 8th Environmental Action Programme

ECN’s activities on the policy items in 2022 are related to:
1 Waste Framework Directive
 Monitoring the implementation of the adopted waste legislations in 2018
 Monitoring the early warning mechanism of the European Commission
 Developing a guidance tool to help the European Commission to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of separate collection with the aim of influencing the proposal to harmonize EU rules on separate collection of waste
 Collecting data on generation, treatment and trade of waste across Europe through national country reports
2 Fertilisers Regulation (FPR)
 Taking part in the Commission’s Expert Group on Fertilising Products and monitoring the implementation of the EU Fertilising Product Regulation
 Following the developments of requirements for the inclusion of new Component Material Categories (CMC) in the Annex II of the Regulation
 Following our application on alternative time-temperature profiles in the Scientific Committee of EFSA
 Taking part in the working groups of Technical Committee on soil improvers and growing media (TC 223) mandated to develop new EU Standards for organic fertilizing products
 Following the impact Assessment on the evaluation of the revision of the Sewage Sludge Directive
3 Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation
 Engaging in all the consultations leading to the revision of the regulation
 Promoting EU rules for carbon farming that rewards the use of compost in agriculture or in other land-based activities
 Establishing good contacts with stakeholder and policymakers
4 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
 Monitoring the trilogues and inform member of relevant developments
 Favouring exchange of views between members who are interested to provide their government with guidance and advice for drafting national CAP Strategic Plans
5 REACH Regulation
 Monitoring discussion about exemptions for compost and digestate
6 EU Soil Stratgy 2030 - EU Soil Health Law
 Engaging in the evaluation of the Directive which sets the requirements for safe agronomic use of sewage sludge in agriculture
7 Industrial Emission Directive (IED)
 Monitoring and eventually engaging in the revision of the IED, if relevant changes for the waste sector are expected
8 Farm to Fork Strategy
 Establishing good contacts with several MEPs of ENVI and AGRI committee to prepare some amendments for the resolution of the European Parliament
9 Biodiversity Strategy (BioDiv)
 Establishing good contacts with several MEPs of ENVI and AGRI committee to prepare some amendments for the resolution of the European Parliament
10 Zero Pollution Action Plan for Soil, Air and Water
 Taking part in all the consultations leading to the drafting of the text

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