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Composting industry turnover up by 10%

In the past five years there has been rising interest in the use of composted materials for producing soil conditioners, topsoil, subsoil and other growing products. The quantity of composted materials sold has doubled, with the UK industry capacity growing to 3.6 million tons - putting it 5% over last years figures. The turnover of the composting and biological waste areas increased by 10 per cent, to nearly £100 million, from 2006 to 2007.

Horticultural end users and the amateur market is responsible for much of the rise in turnover, with the sales in these areas beating the professional market by five times.

More detailed information and statistics can be found in the AOR report ‘The State of Composting and Biological Waste Treatment in the UK 2006/7′.