[USCC] Compost test methods - plant growth and weed propagule testing

[Craig Coker]

Colleagues: can anyone help this fellow, please? (this came to me courtesy
of Jim Smith at USEPA):

 

I have been advised to contact you by Rick Stevens in relation to the
following enquiry. My company, wca environment, has been commissioned by
WRAP in the UK to investigate possible alternative methods to the plant
growth/weed propagule tests currently used in the UK PAS100 specification
for compost. We are investigating possible sources of information around the
world, such as the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as
well as in mainland Europe. I believe you are an expert in this field. Is
there anything you can help me with in this regard? I believe that the TMECC
is the standard for this type of analysis in the US? Is this the case? Are
there any alternative methods you would recommend we investigate?

 

I hope you will be able to help me. Many thanks for your time.

 

Best wishes

 

Tony Chapman

 

Antony Chapman PhD

Senior Consultant/Consultor Medio Ambiental WCA Environment Ltd c/ La Vega 6
bajo Pola de Laviana 33980 Asturias Espana/Spain

0034 693249195

Tony.Chapman at wca-environment.co.uk

 

 

Craig Coker | Coker Composting & Consulting

1213 Spradlin Rd., Vinton, VA 24179

Tel.: (540) 890-1086, Fax: (540) 890-1087

Cell: (540) 874-5168, Email: cscoker at verizon.net

Web: www.cokercompost.com.

 

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