With the policy “ A strong , indispensable cornerstone ” , the Dutch Potting Soil and Substrate Manufacturers Association ( VPN ) has presented the agenda for the time to come . An ' challenging agenda ' accord to the VPN .
The substratum sector is committed to uninterrupted improvement with regard to tone , safety and sustainability of substrates and pose ambitious finish . During the VPN members ’ meeting on June 18 , a first transcript of “ A strong , indispensable base ” was presented to VVD Member of Parliament Arne Weverling by chairman Ted Vollebregt .
Ted Vollebregt ( right wing ) deliver the first transcript of the new insurance policy agenda to Member of Parliament Arne Weverling .
To further shape and substantiate the ambition in the airfield of sustainability and transparency , the VPN is put up to the maturation of a European LCA ( Life Cycle Analysis ) for substrate . The LCA see the sustainability effect for the entire aliveness Hz of a substrate . This LCA provides the fellowship in the sector with reliable info so that substantiated pick can be made in the composition of substratum .
The substratum industry sets targets for the further software program of renewable sensitive materials for organic substratum . The target for the professional market is that by 2025 substrate will lie in of at least 35 % renewable raw materials and no less than 60 % renewable natural materials for the consumer marketplace .
The bar is also set high when it comes to responsible peat descent . In 2025 , the Dutch substrate sphere will only practice peat from RPP ( Responsibly Produced Peat ) demonstrate peateries . Strict requirements are set for the excerpt and utilisation of the yield locations . important in RPP is the aftercare and the restoration to nature after purpose of the product locations .
The sector has formulated ambitions for mineral wool for payoff and reprocess . The ambition is at least 90 % reuse for the Netherlands and globally 35 % by 2025 . It has also been agreed not to extract basalt from stone pit in protect nature reserves .
During the display of the ambition , Arne Weverling indicate that the pot soil and substrate sector should present itself more : “ the great unwashed do not actualize that without pot soil and substrate no polish of veggie , flowers and plants is possible . These natural products are an indispensable footing for healthy and sustainable cultivation ” .
" With such an challenging and well - substantiate agenda , the substrate sphere can openly , both in The Hague and Brussels , hash out the hereafter of a beautiful international and forward-looking sector with policy makers , politicians and NGOs , " says Arne Weverling .
The VPN represents close to 20 innovative party that are spheric players when it comes to innovation and product development . The members of the VPN are jointly responsible for close to 98 % of the substrate that are produced in the Netherlands . On an annual ground , approximately 7 million m3 of substrate is produced , represent a turnover of approximately € 400 million .
For more information : Vereniging Potgrond- en Substraatfabrikanten Nederlandwww.devpn.nl[email protected ]
