The Scope of this document includes sludges from treating municipal, industrial and food processing wastewaters, sludge from treating raw water to make it potable, and other residues having similar potential environmental impacts.
The purpose of this document is to discuss risk assessment in general and especially as it has been applied to sludges for an audience of specialists and non-specialists. The objective is to set risk assessment in the context of policy making and operating sludge use and disposal.

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CEN/TC 308/WG 3 is a Working Group within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Measures to preserve, to improve and to extend sludge utilization and disposal routes" and is responsible for: To prepare a report on: - the current production (quantity and quality) of all the types of sludges in the Scope of CEN/TC 308 in order to provide basic information for the TC, its WGs and other intersted partie - an evaluation of current use and disposal routes; - a forecast of future use and disposal routes; - strategies for preserving and extending the use and disposal options available. This committee has published 2 standards.

CEN/TC 308/WG 3 develops CEN standards. The scope of work includes: To prepare a report on: - the current production (quantity and quality) of all the types of sludges in the Scope of CEN/TC 308 in order to provide basic information for the TC, its WGs and other intersted partie - an evaluation of current use and disposal routes; - a forecast of future use and disposal routes; - strategies for preserving and extending the use and disposal options available. Currently, there are 2 published standards from this working group.

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.

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