Our overall role is to protect and improve the quality of air, land and water in England. We want sludge to continue to be used as a beneficial resource. For example, by incineration or to landfill. If sludge is not correctly managed and used to benefit soil, it needs to be disposed of. farmers and land managers can safely spread it to benefit land.risks to the environment, soil, plants, animal and human health are understood and addressed.sludge treatment, storage and uses are sustainable.It is important to manage sludge properly to make sure: Sludge can provide beneficial amounts of organic matter and nutrients to the soil. Organic manures commonly used in agriculture include: In most circumstances, the most sustainable option is to recycle it to agricultural land as organic manure.Īn organic manure is fertiliser which comes from animal, plant or human sources. It can also contain chemicals and pathogens that could risk human health and the environment. Sludge contains useful levels of organic matter and plant nutrients. Some of it comes from private treatment such as package treatment plants or septic tanks. It mostly comes from waste water recycling centres (sewage plants). Sludge is made up of domestic and industrial effluents and surface water run-off. The Water Services Regulation Authority ( Ofwat) use the term bioresources for materials that contain sludge. The water industry uses the term biosolids for treated sludge. We use the term sludge as defined in the SUiAR. Sewage sludge is the residual solid waste left over from the treatment of urban waste waters. The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations ( SUiAR) will no longer be needed. The option we selected will bring sludge and septic tank sludge into the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations ( EPR). We looked at the advantages and disadvantages of 4 options. We reviewed the current regulatory regime for sludge treatment, storage and use.
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