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)
- Suitable sample matrices
- Concrete or brick
- Minimum sample amount
- 2 kg
- Typical turnaround time
- 1 - 3 weeks after receiving the samples
- Quality system
- Accredited test method
- Standard
- Method expert
- Mirva Hirvi
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