On Monday 9 February, the European Commission officially adopted a new directive on REcovered Nitrogen from manURE (RENURE), which will help reduce EU farmers’ dependence on imported fertilisers.
This new directive amends the one on nitrates (91/676/EEC) and will allow RENURE fertilisers to be used over the ceilings for spreading slurry and processed slurry set by the Nitrates Directive.
This will give Member States and farmers the opportunity to replace chemical fertilisers with RENURE...