Did you know that your commercial, mining, agricultural and industrial operations require a periodic solid waste testing service from an authorised laboratory? The discharge from your business operations like solid waste, sludge, sediment, discarded materials including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material is toxic not only for the environment but humans and wildlife too. Moreover, if you do not fulfil the regulatory compliance, you might be charged with a heavy penalty.

Solid Waste Testing makes your industry conscious of the environment and helps to grow in a sustainable manner. The hazardous and solid waste testing services check the waste on different parameters and suggest different management practices for managing each type of waste.

Need for Solid Waste Testing

The hazardous and solid waste testing services check the waste on different parameters and suggest different management practices for managing each type of waste. In hazardous waste testing, the solid waste sample is tested on various parameters such as the level of hazardous contaminants, bacterial level, ignitability, reactivity and toxicity. The type of test method that has to be applied for testing the waste sample depends upon the industry.

Solid waste testing is required for any industry or facility that generates waste during the manufacturing process. The waste stream must be evaluated to determine the composition, quantity and the level of hazardousness.

Regulatory requirement and method

The solid waste testing service is provided under CPCB/MOEF guidelines. The method used is USEPA and Indian standard. Solids analysis for regulatory programs is performed using the USEPA methods compendium SW-846, which generally fall under State programs derived from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). RCRA is the only methods compendium that accommodates the analysis of solid matrices and is generally used to assess damage to natural resources (groundwater and soil) and characterize wastes prior to disposal.

Turn Around Time

It takes 30 minutes for monitoring and 3-4 days for analysis of solid waste, soil and hazardous etc.