Risk assessment of digestate application on land

PURPOSE
This document provides scientific evidence of the risk associated with the use of food-waste digestate as a biofertiliser. The report presents a review of risk assessments completed in established overseas markets to address concerns regarding the spread of diseases. These risk assessments informed legislative settings for management strategies when using digestate in those markets and have served successfully for over a decade.
Ecogas seeks that Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) considers this evidence and the system-wide implications and opportunities for any future legislative changes relating to the use of recovered materials on land.

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