Recovery test of pure concrete or pure brick (843/2017) (does not include determination of material distribution)

The Finnish Government Decree on the Recovery of Certain Wastes in Earth Construction (843/2017) specifies the conditions under which the use of certain waste materials in earth construction does not require an environmental permit by the Environmental Protection Act (527/2014). This requires a specific set of analyses to be performed.

Our recovery testing of pure concrete or brick includes the following set of analyses:

• 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)