YORKSHIRE is blossoming into a UK hot-spot for commercial compost production, according to new figures. In the past 12 months, 14 businesses in the region have signed up to the Composting Association's national quality scheme, PAS 100 - the biggest increase anywhere in the UK.

By Anonymous As reported in the Winter 2007 issue of Britain's Composting News, Ham Wall is one of 200 nature reserves managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), with a total of over 300,000 acres - and lots of composting potential.

By Russell, Sharon; Best, Lee United Kingdom As composting becomes more widely used, an updated standard sets the basis for feedstocks, stability tests, monitoring procedures and overall certification methods.