Digestate as Fertilizer

Indian Biogas Association
European Compost Network (ECN) e.V.
The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) is the first nationwide
and professional biogas association for operators, manufacturers
and planners of biogas plants, representatives from
public policy, science and research in India. Currently, the
association has members from all across the biogas community
and related fields involved in promoting biogas. They
represent industry, individuals from academia, institutes,
government and non-government organisations contributing
directly or indirectly to the biogas vision of India set forth
by IBA.
The efforts of IBA have been towards building a strong platform,
which would prove to be instrumental in the growth
of the biogas sector. IBA aids its members and the biogas
community in exploring the sector at the national and international
level. Through political advocacy at the centre and
state level, IBA promotes the drafting and adoption of conducive
policy and programmes pertinent to the biogas sector.
Furthermore, it actively disseminates awareness through
participation in workshops, conferences, trade shows, and
seminars, organises training programmes across India, and
engages in experience sharing and sectoral update via its
periodic newsletters, magazines and brochures.
The European Compost Network (ECN) is a European nonprofit
membership organisation promoting sustainable recycling
practices in composting, anaerobic digestion and
other biological treatment processes of organic resources.
ECN represents more than 3500 experts and plant operators
with more than 33 million tonnes of biological waste
treatment capacity.
ECN’s vision is a Europe in which all organic resources are
recycled and recovered in a sustainable way. Following this
vision, ECN’s primary goal is to support the implementation
of EU waste policies, thereby contributing to the development
of a recycling society, sustainable agriculture and energy
recovery, improved human health, and creation of overall
added value within the European market. To achieve this,
we believe that effective recycling across Europe should be
built on appropriate collection systems for organic waste to
promote high quality products derived from biological treatment.
ECN supports this development by implementation
programmes for member states, development of EU quality
assurance systems for compost and digestate, and guidelines
for monitoring operational processes within compost
and digestate facilities.
Established in 2011, IBA presently has its headquarters in
Gurgaon, India, and is represented by a four-member board,
all having significant experience in the renewable energy
sector. It has around 130 members from across India, with
representatives from the international community as well.
Year of foundation: 2011 | Number of employees: 6
Year of foundation: 2000 | Number of employees: 2
Indian Biogas Association
233, Tower-B2, Spaze-i-Tech Park
Sector-49, Sohna Road, Gurgaon
Haryana - 122018 · India
Phone: +91 124 4988-622
Mail: info@biogas-india.com
URL: www.biogas-india.com
European Compost Network ECN e.V.
Im Dohlenbruch 11
44795 Bochum · Germany
Phone +49 234 43894-47
Fax +49 234 43894-48
Mail info@compostnetwork.info
URL www.compostnetwork.info
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