Research-based evidence is essential to ensure high standards of quality under the Schemes and continuous development of the composting and anaerobic digestion industries.
REAL perceives the key benefits of the Research Hub to be as follows:
- A mechanism to generate new, accessible research for the composting and anaerobic digestion industries
- Providing operators/industry with the opportunity to tackle real-life issues faced, through the submission of a research proposal
- A tool to excel industry forwards, and maintain and build on industry reputation
REAL perceives the key benefits of the Research Hub to CCS/BCS operators to be as follows:
- The ability to influence the work of the Hub by submitting a research proposal
- The opportunity to score and comment on proposals submitted to the Hub before they are shortlisted, through participation in an annual survey via SurveyMonkey
- Operators are automatically granted access to the online digital Research Library, created as part of the first project of the Research Hub