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StartseiteSupport to the evaluation of the Sewage Sludge Directive
Final study report
Support to the evaluation of the Sewage Sludge Directive
Final study report
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The SSD (Sewage Sludge Directive) was adopted in 1986 and has not been subject to a stand-alone evaluation yet. The SSD aims at encouraging and ensuring the correct use of sewage sludge in agriculture. It regulates sludge use with an objective of preventing harmful effect on soil, waters, vegetation, animals, and humans. The main objective of the Directive is the protection of environment and human health. The Directive prohibits the use of untreated sludge on agricultural land unless it is injected or incorporated into the soil, it also requires that sludge is used in such a way that the nutrient requirements of plants and that the quality of the soil and of surface and groundwater is not impaired. In the past 34 years, there have been changes on the understanding of sewage sludge, the risks, and opportunities its use presents, but also in the wider environmental legislative framework that justify an in-depth evaluation of the Directive.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Environment (European Commission) , IMDEA , Ricardo , Trinomics , Tyrsky , Wood
- Themes: Environment — Ecology
- Subject: chemical product , directive (EU) , environmental law , environmental protection , environmental risk prevention , EU environmental policy , health risk , pollutant , report , sewage sludge
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-76-57326-5 | DOI 10.2779/57629 | Catalogue number KH-03-22-032-EN-N |
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