European Bio-waste Conference in Barcelona 15th of February 2010

The Spanish EU Presidency has the topics BIOWASTE and SOIL on its environmental agenda until 30th of June 2010. In this respect as a kind of kick off event a Biowaste Conference is organised at the 15th of February 2010 in Barcelona. As a follow-up to the Brussels Conference of June 2009 in Brussel (see proceedings below) it will give an update on the latest policy developments by the Commission/DG Environment which is mainly the Impact Assessment on Biowaste and its results. The policy aspects will be one part of the conference, in a second one European developments will be presented which show the relevance of biowaste collection and the treatment.

The final programme is published on the website www.biowaste.eu. Participation is free. For further information, accommodation, conference local and registration please contatct Josef Barth European Compost Network ECN info@compostnetwork.info

Draft Regulation for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 on animal by-products (former EC No. 1774/2002).

Draft Regulation for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 on animal by-products (former EC No. 1774/2002).

The European Commission/DG Sanco is now continuing the work on the implementation rules of the revised Animal by-Products Regulation. The main Regulation is in force since October 2009.

Currently the experts are working in a commitology procedure on the important annexes which include the specific requirements for the sanitisation in the practice of biological treatment (compost and biogas plants).

The Member States Working Group meets on 9 February. In addition DG SANCO invited for a stakeholder meeting on 18 February in Brussels.

Successful ORBIT2009 Conference in China in November 2009

The ORBIT Special Conference 'Biomass and Organic Waste as Sustainable Resources' in November 2009 in Beijing, China, was very well attended.

370 Participants from 26 countries participated and used this platform for the exchange of information and start up of co-operations. The event was jointly organised by the Chinese Agricultural University CAU and ORBIT/ECN.
Because of the very positive feedback further cooperation is discussed.

Most of the 130 given presentations can be now downloaded from the Conference website
www.orbit2009.de
www.orbit-online.net

Results of the 2009 Brussels Conference "Bio-Waste - Need for EU-Legislation?"

Results of the 2009 Brussels Conference "Bio-Waste - Need for EU-Legislation?" are available for download.

All powerpoint and the full text of the oral presentations including the discussions and panel statements of the Biowaste Legislation Conference 9/10th of June 2009 can be now downloaded from the website www.biowaste.eu.

The conference results with 200 participating stakeholders from 23 countries show a very comprehensive set of the pros and cons of any biowaste legislation and give a good food for thoughts and arguments in our day to day policy discussion. [see www.biowaste.eu]

ORBIT 2010, Crete, Greece

Following the tradition of its predecessors, the 7th ORBIT Conference "Organic Resources in the Carbon Economy" from June 29^th to July 3^rd 2010 in Crete, Greece, will deal with research and development in all aspects of recovery of the different organic residues: including waste prevention and decoupling. The list of topics contains in addition beneficial recycling of compost and digestates into the soil and the energy recovery as methane and hydrogen.

The traditional themes of composting and anaerobic digestion – processes, technologies, product quality, and the role of organic matter in combating desertification – remain central in the conference, but with a special consideration of the Mediterranean area and the Eastern European Countries.


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The “BOOK OF RUBBISH”

(main authors Martin Steiner & Ulrich Wiegel)
is a comprehensive handbook on all aspects of waste.
It contains brief information concerning the kinds and
origins of waste, the hazards of inadequate handling, collection systems, treatment options, regulatory and legal frameworks,
and waste management concepts.

It is available in English, Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Italian, Greek, Slovenian, and German.

120 pages, richly illustrated.
The book comes with a CD containing all eight languages.
Special feature of the e-version (CD): A flag bar (see center below) at the end of each chapter which contains internet links to get information about the chapter’s topic in the respective country or in the respective language.

Orders
by indicating the requested language of the paperback to
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Price: 24 € (including shipping cost).
Price for joint orders upon request.
Within a fortnight the book(s) will be sent including an invoice.