The Verkhovna Rada adopted bill No. 4558 "On the handling of pesticides and agrochemicals", which for the first time defines the term "digestate formed in biogas plants" and abolishes the requirements for its state registration.
This will allow the use of the valuable organic fertilizer digestate as a specific product, the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABIO) reports on Facebook.
At the moment, the law has been sent for signature to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The document defines this term as residues of raw materials, by-products and waste of animal or vegetable origin, mixed or not, resulting from a controlled process of anaerobic digestion with the release of biogas.
Such a digestate complies with the requirements laid down by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 laying down rules for placing on the EU market for fertilizers and amending Regulations (EU) 1069/2009 and (EU) 1107/2009 and repealing Regulation (EC) 2003/2003.
Digestate can be used as a component of fertilizers, which improves yields and helps maintain proper soil moisture.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that the State Energy Efficiency and the Ministry of Energy have prepared 2 bills that are designed to exempt enterprises that burn biofuels from paying taxes on CO2 emissions.
As EcoPolitic reported earlier, the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine launched interactive online maps reflecting the land potential for growing energy plants and their plantations by regions.
