Selling compost and products grown from compost

[William C]

I’m setting up an urban farming initiative which involves making compost from food waste from restaurants and pop ups at a food market. What certification is needed to be able to sell the compost as a direct product and use it to grow vegetables to then sell back to restaurants at the market? Thanks

 

[Bogweevil]

I’m setting up an urban farming initiative which involves making compost from food waste from restaurants and pop ups at a food market. What certification is needed to be able to sell the compost as a direct product and use it to grow vegetables to then sell back to restaurants at the market? Thanks

WRAP PAS100 is the usual standard for growing media and soil amendment: https://wrap.org.uk/resources/guide/guidelines-quality-compost-use-growing-media

Composting, unless on a small scale, in urban areas poses a potential risk of infectious aerosols which need managing:

Organics collection and reprocessing

wrap.org.uk

https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/environmental-permitting/standard-rules-consultation-no-20/supporting_documents/SR2010%20No14%20waste%20operation%20small%20composting%20permit.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c0761ed915d01ba1cab0f/geho0812bwpl-e-e.pdf

 

[delilah]

Nicky Scott is the man.