4th Thematic seminar - Potsdam (Germany)

From 10-12 September, the 4th Thematic Seminar of the Interreg Europe project ‘Composting in Rural Environments’ took take place in Potsdam (Brandenburg), organised by the German Project Partner the Brandenburg State Office of Environment (Landesamt für Umwelt). 

The thematic seminar focussed on the presentation of good practices for the use of compost and digestate products. In addition to the nine good practices presented by the project partners and their stakeholders, four experts presented the results and experiences on the sustainable production of compost and digestate and their use in organic farming in Germany. 45 participants attended the seminar.

On the second day, the project partners visited the growing media production plant of Störk Gmbh,  which produces more than 300 different growing media blends. Another stop on the trip was the newly build combined anaerobic digestion and composting plant of RETERRA GmbH in Trappenfelde. 

The third-day, as an internal project meeting, focussed on the project achievements and the presentation of the lesson’s learnt from the previous three thematic seminars, as well as the policy improvements which were taken under consideration by each project partner.

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