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Mushroom composting
Producing 40,000 tonnes a year of high specification, food quality, compost for mushroom growers, ASC offers a natural, biological process using both traditional windrow methods and stainless steel, computer controlled and vented tunnels – some of the most technically advanced in the composting industry, guaranteeing complete sterilisation of the final product.
ASC's customers can purchase compost in a loose state or wait until after pasteurisation and the addition of mushroom spawn. Before compost can be used for growing mushrooms it has to be heat-treated to ensure any harmful bacteria are killed.
Working to strict manufacturing standards, each stage of the composting process is regularly inspected by the Environmental Health Officer under the Environmental Protection Act and by the Environment Agency.
Always out to minimise the impact of its operations on the environment and local residents, ASC has invested in an odour control system to reduce unwanted smells from the natural composting processes. The system, known as 'Mist-Air' runs around the edge of the site and is biodegradable and 100% safe for people, animals and plant life.
