What is Digestate?
Digestate is the material remaining after the anaerobic digestion of biodegradable feedstocks, which can include combinations of food waste, animal by-products and energy crops.
Digestate is an excellent alternative to bagged fertilisers. Using it improves the sustainability of farming by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases associated with fertiliser manufacture and by reconnecting nutrient cycles.
Digestate is produced in three different forms:
Whole digestate: similar in appearance to livestock slurry, with typically less than 5% dry matter;
Liquid digestate: this is whole digestate which has had almost all of the solid material removed;
Fibre digestate: similar to compost, this is the solid material separated out of the whole digestate.
GP Biotec produces digestate in two forms, liquid and solid, both of which are available by contacting our team.
