Landfill testing
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Sustainable waste management through testing
We offer a wide range of testing services for waste to allow our customers to meet the challenges of sustainable waste management. We provide analysis for hazardous waste and offer WAC testing to categorise waste effectively when landfilling is required.
The type of testing that is required to characterise waste depends upon where the waste originates from and what contaminants are expected. Testing often involves metals, inorganics and organics (TPH, PAHs and phenols etc). Once the waste has been tested, the results can be used to determine whether it is hazardous or non-hazardous. We can offer general characterisation suites or waste specific suites.
Once the waste has been characterised as non-hazardous, there are two main options if going to landfill. The first is to send it directly to landfill (after reducing and recycling as much as possible) but make sure the testing used for the characterisation satisfies the landfill’s requirement otherwise more testing may be required. The second is to send it to an inert landfill in which case the waste must meet the Inert WAC levels and more testing is required.
If the waste has been characterised as hazardous it must be treated and tested to meet either the hazardous WAC levels or the stable non-reactive hazardous WAC levels so that it may go to the appropriate landfill.
Once you’ve taken your sample, contact our team to arrange collection and we’ll deliver the sample to our laboratory.
Samples are prepared and analysed by our team of experts in accordance with the requirements set out by UKAS.
A certificate of analysis will be sent containing the findings from the test carried out. Reports are issued in Excel and PDF, but can also be supplied in other formats.
Our laboratories are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the British, European and International Standard for quality assurance in analytical laboratories – BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Many of the tests we provide are also accredited by UKAS. View the UKAS schedules.
Reports are sent out by Excel and PDF as standard. We can also supply reports in AGS, HWOL (Haz Waste Online), ESdat and CSV if requested.
Testing duration depends on the specific type of test requested. Our routine analysis can be delivered within 5 working days.
