Soils

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Suitable for

  • Construction and water management companies
  • Waste management companies
  • The use of soil and construction material for backfilling at a construction site or removal from a construction site

Analysis options

  • Table 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of Decree 273/2021
  • Table 10.1 and 10.2 of Decree 294/2005 – transition period
  • The landfilling of soil and construction material (analysis pursuant to Decree 294/2005 table 2.1)
  • The landfilling of soil and construction material (analysis pursuant to Decree 273/2021 table 10.1)

Determines (pursuant to Decree 273/2021)

  • Dry matter parameters (table 5.1)
    • Inorganic parameters – metals (As, Ba, Be, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, Zn)
    • Organic parameters – benzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons + benzo(a)pyrene alone, polychlorinated biphenyls, C10-C40 hydrocarbons, EOX
  • Leachate parameters (table 5.2)
    • Inorganic parameters – chlorides, fluorides, sulphates, solutes, metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Zn, Mo, Sb, Se)
    • Organic parameters – DOC, monohydric phenols
  • Acute toxicity (table 5.3)
    • Inhibition of bacteria (Aliivibrio fischeri) light emission, immobilization of Daphnia magna Straus, inhibition of algal growth (Desmodesmus subspicatus), inhibition of root growth of higher plants (Lactuca sativa)

Analysis duration: usually seven to ten/fifteen business days

Additional information

  • Surface storage
    • Pursuant to Decree 294/2005, on the conditions for landfilling waste and its use on the surface, and amending Decree 383/2001, on the details of waste management, table 10.1 and 10.2 – transition period
  • Backfilling
    • Pursuant to Decree 273/2021, on the details of waste management, table 5.1 (dry matter), 5.2 (leachate) and 5.3 (ecotoxicity)
    • Column I (stricter) and II (less strict)
  • Landfilling
    • The first choice if you know that the excavated soil is contaminated
    • The decree requires sampling by a qualified person (however some landfills and depots do not require this)
    • Analysis pursuant to Decree 294/2005 table 2.1 – transition period
      pursuant to Decree 273/2021, on the details of waste management, table 10.1

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Analysis of water, soils, sediments and waste