The Finnish Government Decree on the Recovery of Certain Wastes in Earth Construction (843/2017) is specifying the conditions within which the use of certain waste in earth construction does not require an environmental permit in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act (527/2014). This requires the measurement of a specific set of analyzes from the waste material. Our recovery testing of pure concrete or brick includes the following set of analyzes: Sample crushing to 4 mm Dry matter (%) Leaching test (EN 12457-3:2002) Soluble metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mo, Ni, V, Pb, Sb, Se, Zn) (mg/kg) PAH compounds (mg/kg) PCB compounds (mg/kg) Mineral oil, C10-C40 (mg/kg) Chloride, Cl (mg/kg) Fluoride, F (mg/kg) Sulphate, SO4 (mg/kg) Dissolved organic carbon, DOC (mg/kg) Materials distribution Impurities and floating impurities