HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE BIOSOLIDS ASSURANCE SCHEME
Assured Biosolids Ltd has published an updated version of their ABL Approved Laboratory List – Issue 15, which can be downloaded here or from ABL Documents. The list has been updated following this year’s submissions from laboratories and in line with ABL’s laboratory approval process. This ensures that analysis used by BAS Members relating to…
Assured Biosolids has published an updated Position Statement on the potential impact of microplastics on biosolids recycling to agricultural land. While the increasing quantity of plastic produced and used in society means plastics are finding their way into wastewaters, there is no evidence to suggest that microplastics associated with biosolids pose any significant risk from…
Business in the Community (BITC) recently published a report – Optimising Bioresources: Reducing Water Pollution that can be found here or under ‘other documents’ on the BAS website. The report highlights the benefits of biosolids recycling to agriculture but also the threat of complex chemicals and microplastics in wastewater/biosolids and the potential impact these could…
From 1st November 2021, BAS Certified Biosolids will be a requirement of the Red Tractor Assurance Standards – it is currently only a recommendation. This demonstrates the importance of quality assurance on agricultural inputs to the food chain. Farmers/landowners can check the certification status of any biosolids they use under Certification here – the Chains…
Assured Biosolids has published a BAS Standard Position Statement on the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021. The Welsh Government have introduced the regulations to reduce losses of pollutants from agriculture to the environment. The regulations effectively apply Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) requirements to the whole of Wales, which previously applied to…
Assured Biosolids Ltd has published an updated version of their ABL Approved Laboratory List – Issue 13, which can be downloaded here or from ABL Documents. The list has been updated following this year’s submissions from laboratories and in line with ABL’s laboratory approval process. This ensures that analysis used by BAS Members relating to…
Assured Biosolids has just published a Position Statement on the Recycling of Biosolids to Agricultural Land. This document details the benefits and potential concerns associated with recycling biosolids to agricultural land. The Position Statement concludes that biosolids is a valuable source of nutrients and stable organic matter and that there is no evidence to suggest…
Assured Biosolids Ltd has just published the new BAS Standard Issue 5, which can be downloaded here and from Scheme Documents. BAS Standard Issue 5 will be active from the 1st October 2020 and as such Issue 4 is still available, also under Scheme documents, as this will still be valid until the 30th September…
As part of the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak researchers and public health experts, in conjunction with the Water Industry, are increasingly testing wastewaters and sewage sludge to estimate the disease burden in the associated community. This testing utilises genetic material (typically ribonucleic acid – RNA), so even if the virus has been destroyed and/or…
Assured Biosolids has published a revised Position Statement on coronavirus in relation to biosolids treatment and recycling to agricultural land – it has been updated to reflect information published since the previous version was issued. Importantly the conclusion remains that the available evidence suggests it would be highly unlikely that the COVID-19 virus can survive in…