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EA consults on financial impacts of proposed changes to landspreading and waste storage permits

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In early 2015, the Environment Agency (EA) undertook a consultation on proposed changes to several Standard Rules permits, including those that cover landspreading and digestate storage (SR2010 No 4, 5 and 6). In September, the EA published a summary of consultation responses, which you can view here. You can also read my blog which…

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Tags: landspreading, digestate, anaerobic digestion, Environment Agency, waste regulation, food waste operators, standard rules, jess allan

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Help us develop the AD Best Practice Scheme

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What are we trying to achieve? ADBA has now begun the exciting (and challenging!) process of developing a Best Practice Scheme for the AD industry. You may already have heard us speaking about this at recent ADBA events, but this blog provides the latest update on our progress and gives…

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Tags: best practice scheme, AD, food waste operators, crop operators, on-farm AD, jess allan

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Updated Standard Rules permits published today

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The Environment Agency (EA) has today published a number of new and amended Standard Rules (SR) permits, including updated versions of the AD-related SR permits. Please note that it is our understanding that the changes made today are minor changes or are expected changes relating to the implementation of the…

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Tags: environmental permitting, food waste operators, anaerobic digestion, on-farm AD, waste regulation, EA, standard rules, jess allan

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Amended Standard Rules permits to be published on 1 December

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The Environment Agency (EA) have informed us that they will be publishing a large number of amended Standard Rules permits on 1 December 2015, following the Environmental Permit Standard Rules consultations No.12 and No.14. The EA will be writing to all existing permit holders who will be affected by the changes over…

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Tags: standard rules, EA, anaerobic digestion, food waste operators, on farm ad, environmental permitting, jess allan

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Opportunity to influence new Definition of Waste Guidance

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If you have used the Environment Agency’s ‘Legal Definition of Waste’ guidance, then they want to hear from you. The EA are seeking views on whether the existing guidance is useable and provides sufficient information to allow users to establish whether or not a material is…

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Tags: EA, definition of waste, waste regulation, food waste operators, crop operators, jess allan

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One whey or another: How do you classify whey?

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We are seeking evidence from our members who are aware of projects that involve the use of whey or whey permeate as a feedstock in AD. We are aware of an apparent conflict of opinion regarding the classification of these feedstocks as waste or non-waste. Whey is a by-product of…

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Tags: whey permeate, anaerobic digestion, cheese, EA, food waste, regulation, environmental permitting, End of waste, jess allan, crop operators

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EA decisions on changes to landspreading and digestate storage permits

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You may remember that earlier in the year the Environment Agency (EA) undertook a consultation on proposed changes to several Standard Rules permits, including the permits for landspreading and digestate storage (SR2010 No 4, 5 and 6). Accordingly, we gathered our members’ views on the proposals and submitted a coordinated response (which…

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Tags: anaerobic digestion, environmental permitting, landspreading, digestate, EA, jess allan, food waste operators

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Consultation on proposed new APHA fees

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The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have launched a consultation on the proposed introduction of new fees for statutory services they currently deliver across England, Scotland and Wales. The consultation is being led by the APHA but is undertaken in partnership with Defra, the Scottish Government and the Welsh…

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Tags: apha, animal by-products, food waste operators, digestate, Defra, jess allan

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Have your say on Secondary Containment guidance

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The EA have made clear at ADBA’s recent regulatory forum (see presentation by Viv Dennis) and in other meetings that they remain concerned about containment failure incidents in the AD industry. Our Training, Safety and Environment Management Working Group has been working on secondary containment guidance for the…

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Tags: ADBA, anaerobic digestion, AD, biogas, Training and Safety, Environment Agency, permitting, secondary containment, best practice, jess allan, Matt Hindle, ciria, containment, environmental performance

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Latest news on waste exemptions review

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Firstly, thank you to those members who responded to our request for views on the waste exemptions system. We used these views to compile an informal response to the Environment Agency’s review, which we submitted last Monday. The response emphasised the importance of exemptions to small-scale AD and…

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Tags: EA, environmental permitting, exemptions, food waste operators, jess allan, waste regulation, on farm ad, Defra

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Opportunity for free pre-application workshop with Environment Agency

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As those of you who attended our Regulatory Forum earlier this month will know, the Environment Agency (EA) have decided to hold a free pre-application workshop for people or companies intending to apply for an Environmental Permit for a new AD plant. We have now received some further detail on…

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Tags: EA, food waste, AD, food waste operators, waste regulation, environmental permitting, jess allan

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Update on government proposals to tackle waste crime and poor performance

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You may remember that earlier this year the government ran a consultation seeking views on proposals to help the regulators tackle waste crime and entrenched poor performance. The government have now published a document which summarises the responses received and the proposals that will be taken forward. The full document…

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Tags: EA, anaerobic digestion, Defra, jess allan, NRW, waste regulation, environmental permitting, compliance, food waste operators, crop operators

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Waste exemptions review – one week left to give your views

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As I explained in a previous blog, the EA are currently reviewing the waste exemptions system. Ian Brindley, who is leading the review, provided an update on this at our Regulatory Forum last week. It is important that our members understand the potential implications of this review; this blog provides…

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Tags: exemptions, EA, anaerobic digestion, food waste operators, on farm ad, regulation, environmental permitting, jess allan, Defra

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Food waste meetings: regulation and environmental performance updates

Food waste policy and regulation was in focus this week. ADBA’s Food Waste Operators met in Birmingham on Wednesday, while Jess and I also represented members at DECC’s Biowaste Regulatory Forum (BRF). The BRF is a regular meeting between DECC, the EA and the waste trade…

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Tags: food waste, biowaste, EA, permitting, best practice, Environment Agency, Defra, jess allan, Matt Hindle, food waste operators, environmental permitting, biogas, anaerobic digestion

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AD on the verge of facilitating important wildlife conservation

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A research project based in Lincolnshire has been looking into the feasibility of using roadside verge biomass in AD. This would provide ecological benefits as the verges would be better managed for high biodiversity.

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Tags: r&d dissemination, anaerobic digestion, EA, crop operators, regulation, environmental permitting, jess allan, conservation

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