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Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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1.  Unless an approval specifically permits a different system, catering waste shall be treated by one of the systems specified in the table below. The system shall ensure that the material is treated to the following parameters:

COMPOSTING

SystemComposting in a closed reactorComposting in a closed reactorComposting in housed windrows
Maximum particle size40 cm6 cm40 cm
Minimum temperature60°C70°C60°C
Minimum time spent at the minimum temperature2 days1 hour8 days (during which the windrow shall be turned at least 3 times at no less than 2 days intervals)

The time temperature requirements shall be achieved as part of the composting process.

BIOGAS

SystemBiogas in a closed reactorBiogas in a closed reactor
Maximum particle size5 cm6 cm
Minimum temperature57°C70°C
Minimum time spent at the minimum temperature5 hours1 hour

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