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Sludge, Soil and Waste sector
The Sludge, Soil and Waste (SSW) sector carries out a wide range of tests on solid matrices and analyses for their classification and characterisation.
The SSW sector carries out active carbon characterisation tests according to CEFIC methods and tests for determining the potential dynamic respiration index (PDRI) of compost.
The Sludge, Soil and Waste sector performs tests on the following matrices
- Compost
- Soil
- Sludge
- Waste from waste water treatment plants
- Waste from incinerators
- RDF (refuse-derived fuel)
- Paper mill pulper waste
- Active carbons
- Waste from construction and demolition activities
- Paper mill sludge
- Dredging sludge, etc.
- Liquid waste
- Sediments
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK:
The main regulatory framework for the Sludge, Soil and Waste sector is reported below:
- Waste classification pursuant to Italian Leg. Decree, part four, as subsequently amended and supplemented, to Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014 , to Decision (2014/955/EU), to Regulation (EU) 2017/997, to Regulation 1272/2008/EC (CLP) and subsequent ATPs.
- Characterisation of soils pursuant to Italian Leg. Decree 152/06, part four, annex 5, table 1A/B
- Sludge reuse in agriculture according to Italian Leg. Decree 99/92
- Characterisation of soil improvers pursuant to Italian Leg. Decree 75/10
- Assessment of possible recovery through a waste-to-energy plant using RDF and pulper waste or recovery using a simplified and/or ordinary waste procedure as referred to in Italian Ministerial Decree 5/2/98, as subsequently amended and supplemented
- Acceptability in landfills pursuant to Italian Ministerial Decree 27/09/2010, as subsequently amended and supplemented
- Disposal of waste oils pursuant to Italian Leg. Decree 392/1996
- Slag and incinerators Italian Leg. Decree 46/2014 (Repeal of Italian Leg. Decree 133/2005)
- Marine sediments - ICRAM-APAT 2007
EQUIPMENT:
- Heaters
- Scales
- pH meters and conductivity metres
- Microwave mineralisers
- TOC-DOC to determine total and dissolved organic carbon
- ICP -MS, ICP –OES and mercur
- Calorimetric bomb
- CHNS elementary analyser
- Respirometers for potential/real dynamic respirometric index tests
- HS, Purge and Trap, HPLC UV, single quadruple GC/MS, GC FID, GC ECD, LC QTOF and GC HRMS
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Purchase of increasingly sophisticated equipment and ongoing staff training in order to set up analytical methods that meet our clients’ needs and the regulatory and scientific developments in the sector.
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