Our actions
EFAR members participate actively in the prior discussions concerning the evolution of the regulation at a national or European level. EFAR members also carry out different types of studies to enhance the knowledge on the impact of Biosolid landspreading on public health and environment.
The sludge directive revision:
EFAR welcomes the revision of the sludge directive. EFAR believes that the new regulation has to promote the land spreading of different types of sludge while enhancing the protection of human health and environment. The final aim is to increase the guarantees given to the final users and then improve public perception about this method of recycling.
All deliverables and comments may be found at dedicated CIRCA website.
Risk assessment study
EFAR’s members have worked together with INERIS, a French institute specialising in industrial risks studies, in order to assess the impact of sludge landspreading on human health.
This approach focuses on heavy metals and organic compounds and takes into account different pathways such as ingestion, inhalation, direct contact and dietary exposure.
Soil data base
EFAR’s members have gathered more than 60,000 soil analyses to determine the impact of potential evolution of soils trace element threshold limits. The geographical references of soil samples have demonstrate that background levels can vary a lot and that it seems necessary to set limits on available elements rather than on the total concentrations.
Greenhouse Gases for different Biosolids disposal routes
At the request of EFAR’s members, Climat Mundi, specialised in carbon footprint studies, carried out a study of production of greenhouse gases for different Biosolids disposal routes.
Climat Mundi created a calculator which is able :
- to assess the carbon impact of each disposal route (with different combination of processes), in any country,
- to synthesize the results in order to compare the emissions of one route versus another route,
- to calculate the avoided emission.
