The Gloucestershire facility can recycle up to 34,000 tonnes of food waste per annum from households and businesses across the region.
Tom Brown, Andigestion’s environmental compliance officer, said: “Andigestion’s Holsworthy facility in Devon was the first in the country to be accredited with the BSI PAS 110 status and we’re overjoyed that our second plant in Bishop’s Cleeve has now followed in its footsteps.”
Pas110
The PAS110 accreditation is an industry specification for digestate produced from anaerobic digestion against which digestate producers can assure their customers of its quality. The accreditation is given to AD operators by the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS), which is run by the Renewable Energy Association.
According to the scheme, the PAS 110 certificate guarantees that the digestate produced is safe for human, animal and plant life, as well as being fit for purpose on farmland in place of carbon intensive chemical fertilisers. It also means that the digestate can be despatched to the customers under the symbol ‘bio-fertiliser’.
Mr Brown said: “By meeting the PAS 110 standard, Andigestion’s digestate is regarded as having been fully recovered and effectively ceases being waste.
“This recognition is a great ‘stamp of approval’ for the digestate that we are producing, reassures our customers that they are getting a top quality products and speaks to Andigestion’s commitment to continued success.”
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