The Compost Certification Scheme (CCS) provides assurance to consumers, farmers, food producers, and retailers that quality compost produced from composting processes is safe for human, animal and plant health. Quality Compost is the name adopted for the compost that is certified under the CCS for end-of-waste and quality assured status.
Update from CCS2024 Annual Report PublishedREAL Welcomes New Research Hub ManagerOvercoming sample collection and courier issuesRead more about these topics here...
Posted: 30 May, 2025
REAL has published its eighth annual report for the Compost Certification Scheme, providing an overview of the scheme and a summary of scheme developments in 2024. The report shows that by the end of 2024, there were 175 certified composting processes in the UK and Republic of Ireland: 134 in England, 6 in Northern Ireland, 21 in Scotland, 13 in Wales, and 1 in the Republic of Ireland.The report also presents an overview of the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme and includes the Research Hub 2024 Annual Report.Read the full 2024 report here...
Posted: 30 May, 2025