Product Stewardship

“FERTILIZERS EUROPE” product stewardship standard for fertilizers

General information and guidance:

Balanced plant nutrition
Modern fertiliser production and use
Farming and air quality
Fertilizer basics
Paving the way to green ammonia and low-carbon fertilizers
Hand in hand with European farmers
Circular economy and the European fertilizer sector
Infinite product stewardship
Infinite nutrient stewardship

  Requirements for storage:

• Storage requirements for urea and slow release nitrogen fertilizers
• Storage requirements for ammonium nitrate
• Storage requirements for calcium ammonium nitrate and nitrogen fertilizers with additives

Guidance for the storage, handling and transportation of solid mineral fertilizers
Fertilizer storage on farms

 

 

Requirements for transportation:

• Transportation requirements for urea and slow release nitrogen fertilizers
• Transportation requirements for ammonium nitrate
• Transportation requirements for calcium ammonium nitrate and nitrogen fertilizers with additives

Guidance for the storage, handling and transportation of solid mineral fertilizers
Guidance for UN transport classification of ammonium nitrate based substances
Guidance for sea transport of ammonium nitrate based fertilizers

Recommendations for handling and utilization of non-conforming fertilizers:

Guidance for safe handling and utilization of non-conforming fertilizers and related materials for fertilizer producers
Guidance for safe handling and utilization of non-conforming solid fertilizers and related materials for fertilizer importers, distributors and merchants
Guidance for handling non-conforming ammonium nitrate based fertilizers in distribution chain

Other guidances and information:

Guidance for compatibility of fertilizer blending materials
Guidance for fighting fires and/or decomposition involving solid mineral nitrogen-based fertilizers