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Biodegradable Waste"Applying Compost - Benefits and Needs"The Environment Directorate-General of the European Commission and the Ministry for Agriculture & Forestry, Environment & Water Management of the Republic of Austria organised a scientific seminar on "Applying Compost - Benefits and Needs" in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 2001. The seminar was the occasion to present a literature research on "Evaluation of Sustainable Beneficial Effects of Compost on Soil Fertility and Soil Productivity" carried out by a study group composed by DI Florian Amlinger (Compost - Consulting & Development, A), Dr. Peter Dreher, Karlheinz Weinfurtner (Fraunhofer Institute Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology, D) and Professor Stephen Nortcliff (Department of Soil Science, University of Reading, UK). Such a seminar saw the participation of invited international experts and offered the opportunity to present the outcome of the literature research and to compare its results with those of other researchers. |
