Please see below a collection of reports on the safety of compost and digestates.
- WRAP Compost Risk Assessment Summary
- WRAP Digestate Risk Assessment Summary
- WRAP report on the impacts of pasteurisation and mesophilic AD on some common crop pests and diseases in the UK
- WRAP report on the fate of Clostridium Botulinum in AD
- Zero Waste Scotland report on odour & flavour taints in malting barley and milling wheat
- WRAP report investigating the effect of the composting process on particular plant, animal and human pathogens known to be of concern for high-quality end uses
- WRAP report conducting a risk assessment for the use of PAS100 green composts in Scottish livestock production
- WRAP report on composts derived from catering wastes containing meat: assessment of residual pathogen risks to livestock
- WRAP literature review on eradication of plant pathogens and nematodes during composting, disease suppression and detection of plant pathogens in compost
- WRAP report on physical contaminants in PAS compost and digestate
- Defra risk assessment on the use of composting and biogas treatment to dispose of catering waste containing meat
- European Commission risk assessment and management options report on digestate and compost as fertilizers
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