We provide our customers with a prompt and accurate waste analysis service.
Services for Waste Management Industry
Our UKAS accredited laboratory can help you monitor the chemical composition of your waste products and discharges using the very latest in analytical and testing techniques to ensure regulatory compliance.
Our extensive range of services includes:
- On-site sampling of residues collected from waste-to-energy plant and landfill sites for subsequent analysis
- Analysis of dioxins and furans, PCBs, PAHs, VOCs, metals and other inorganics and elemental analysis (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen etc.)
- Analysis of ground water, surface water and landfill leachates
- Stack emissions monitoring, ash and spent lime analysis, background surveys for ambient air/soil/foliage
- Landfill gas monitoring and monitoring of emissions from landfill gas engines and flares
Environmental Monitoring Services
As environmental legislation and awareness has grown, so has the requirement for a cost efficient, high quality monitoring service. Marchwood Scientific Services offer a range of monitoring services to comply with the requirements of IPC and PPC and to aid in the implementation of environmental management systems for industry and public bodies.
Sampling is carried out in accordance with our stringent sampling protocols to assure quality control in both sampling and analysis.
Environmental monitoring services available from MSS include:
- Stack emissions monitoring
- Sampling and analysis of residues from combustion plant and landfill sites
- Surface water and groundwater monitoring
- Soil monitoring
- Air quality monitoring
- Effluent monitoring
Organic Analysis
MSSL provides a wide range of techniques for the analysis of organic compounds. Our capabilities include:
- Analysis of dioxins and furans using US EPA 1613 derived protocols
- Analysis of total and isomer-specific polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) by GC ECD and GC/MS
- Pesticides and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) by GC/MS
- Volatile organic compounds (VOC) in water by purge and trap GC/MS
- VOC in air by thermal desorption GC/MS or direct injection GC/MS
- Semi-volatile and volatile suites using GC/MS
Sample matrices include:
- Stack emissions (e.g. XAD-2 resin)
- Ambient air (e.g. ATD tube)
- Vegetation (e.g. grass or crops)
- Food (animal and human)
- Water (potable and waste)
- Waste (solid and liquid)
- Ashes (fly and bottom ash)
- Blood
- Milk
- Soil
