At the Agriculture Council on Monday 30 March, several European ministers called for the Nitrates Directive to be revised so that digestates and livestock effluent are no longer considered as waste, but as fertilisers.
The issue was raised by Italy, which points out in a note (https://aeur.eu/f/leh) that digestate (a by-product of the anaerobic digestion of agricultural effluent and organic waste) can reduce fertilisation costs, maintain agricultural yields and strengthen the EU’s...