Biofertiliser Certification Scheme reports record membership at the end of its tenth year

Posted: 13 December, 2017. Written by Kiara Zennaro

This well-established scheme, owned by REAL, is now reporting a record 67 participants as of December, can reduce costs for operators and covers the process straight through from input all the way through to digestate quality. The Scheme was set up in 2007 and is celebrating its tenth anniversary.

BCS certified digestate is widely recognised as high quality and safe by environmental regulators. It thus offers an opportunity for AD operators looking for a reliable market for the digestate they produce. The BCS is reporting a significant growth in membership, having grown from 3 plants in 2011, which was its fifth year of operation.

The BCS assures the quality of anaerobic digestion processes and anaerobic digestate. It is an independent certification scheme based on the BSI PAS110:2014 quality standard for all types of AD operations.

It is essential that farmers, land managers, farm assurance schemes, retailers, and consumers can be certain that anaerobic digestate spread to land is consistently safe and of good quality. The BCS quality assurance standards provide all stakeholders with these essential guarantees by certifying that the production process is appropriate and well-managed, based on a robust quality management system, that it is sourced only from permitted feedstocks, and that it has been produced in a hygienic manner.

See the full press release here.