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Fears raised about composting “over-supply”

Fears raised about composting “over-supply”

A former chairman of the Composting Association, Trelawney Dampney, has warned of the potential of too much composting capacity in the UK, with too many facilities and not enough organic waste to go around.

Mr Dampney, who is managing director of Eco Sustainable Solutions, told letsrecycle.com that overcapacity was already becoming a problem in the South-West where he is based.

Fears have been raised that too many composting facilities are being planned in the UK
Fears have been raised that too many composting facilities are being planned in the UK
He said: “In South-West England there could well be an issue of over-supply. We have three or four IVCs, TEG

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