sewage sludge

EUREAU Members are producers of sewage sludge. It’s clear that sludge is excluded from the scope of the “biowastes”, but we would like to take the opportunity of this consultation on the management of biowastes in the EU to emphasize that treatment routes and use of sewage sludge is very similar to that of biowaste.

Sustainable use of sewage sludge is important to EUREAU and our members. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Commission’s work on Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of the Use of Sewage Sludge on Land.

We have provided comments on both the “Draft Summary Report 1 on Assessment of Existing Knowledge” and the “Draft Summary Report 2 on Baseline Scenario, Analysis of Risk and Opportunities”. We have also answered the 28 questions in the Report 2.