The Research Hub is pleased to announce that following a competitive tender period, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) has been appointed to conduct the data analysis phase of the Hub Project 4: “Plant Response Test Interpretation and Comparison”.BioSS will compare Plant Response Test (PRT) data from the Compost Certification Scheme (CCS) with new data obtained for the project...
Posted: 24 October, 2025
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Posted: 23 October, 2025
The Q&A document is now available for Project 4: Statistical analysis and interpretation of performance data from the UK Tomato Plant Response Test and German Spring Barley Test on CCS Compost. This document contains answers to questions submitted to the Research Hub about the Tender Invitation Document for this project...
Posted: 7 July, 2025
Deadline for Questions: Project 4 - Statistical analysis and interpretation of performance data from the UK Tomato Plant Response Test and German Spring Barley Test on CCS CompostA reminder that the deadline for questions in relation to this opportunity to tender is 30th June 2025. Please send any questions to jackie@recc...
Posted: 23 June, 2025
The Research Hub is seeking a qualified contractor to undertake a project entitled “Statistical analysis and interpretation of performance data from the UK Tomato Plant Response Test and German Spring Barley Test on CCS Compost...
Posted: 9 June, 2025
REAL has published its 2024 annual report for the Compost Certification Scheme, Biofertiliser Certification Scheme, and the Research Hub...
Posted: 4 June, 2025
The Research Hub is pleased to announce that RSK ADAS has been appointed to conduct the Hub's Project 10: Alternative control growing media for REAL CCS plant response tests. This exciting project aims to find an alternative to peat as a control growing medium in the Compost Certification Scheme's plant response tests...
Posted: 4 June, 2025
The Research Hub is pleased to announce that in May the University of Southampton was awarded the contract for Project 9: End of waste case information for digestate derived products.Work has already begun on this project which will compile information that could be used as part of an end of waste case submission, and to inform the revision of the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Resource Framework...
Posted: 4 June, 2025
The annual Research Project Proposal Survey is now open to CCS and BCS Participants. In this 5-minute survey, you can select which project proposals you would like to see taken forward. Which projects would benefit you? There are a number of interesting projects that have come up for selection so the more responses we get for this survey, the greater the benefit to Scheme participants...
Posted: 15 May, 2025
The Research Hub is seeking a qualified contractor to undertake a project entitled “Statistical analysis and interpretation of performance data from the UK Tomato Plant Response Test and German Spring Barley Test on CCS Compost...
Posted: 3 April, 2025
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