On 3–4 November 2025, the Grand Conference Hall of the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, hosted a professional workshop entitled “Composting Plants and Biogas Stations”. The event was organised by the Czech Environmental Inspectorate – Regional Inspectorate České Budějovice, in cooperation with the BAT Centre of the University of South Bohemia.
The aim of the workshop was to bring together experts from public administration, academia, and operational practice, and to provide a platform for discussion on the current state and future development of biological facilities for waste management and renewable energy production.
The first day’s programme consisted of a series of expert lectures addressing the legislative framework, technological aspects, and inspection activities related to composting plants and biogas stations. The opening presentation was delivered by Ing. Mgr. Jana Harzerová from the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, who discussed the forthcoming amendments resulting from the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and their impact on facility operators. Subsequently, Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Milan Geršl, Ph.D., from Mendel University in Brno, introduced the chemical and biological processes occurring during composting and their influence on the quality of the final product. Representatives of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate then shared their practical experience from inspection activities, highlighting the most common deficiencies observed in facility operations – ranging from compliance with emission and hygiene limits to proper record-keeping and documentation.
The second day of the workshop was dedicated to a field excursion to the composting plant and biogas station in Jarošovice near Týn nad Vltavou. Participants had the opportunity to visit a modern facility processing agricultural commodities and food industry waste, equipped with technology for upgrading biogas to biomethane. The biomethane is subsequently used both for injection into the distribution network and as fuel for vehicles at the adjacent bio-CNG station. The operation was presented in detail by Jiří Netík, representative of the plant operator.
The workshop provided an important platform for sharing experiences, exchanging good practices, and discussing the challenges faced by modern biological waste treatment facilities – from increasingly stringent legislative requirements and technological innovations to the energy utilisation potential of biogas.
The event was held with the financial support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Food Safety Department.