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WAC testing

When waste or material has been classed as hazardous or non-hazardous, it can be assessed using WAC testing.

The WM3 classification suite can hopefully treat or reuse material, but the last resort would be to send the waste to landfill. If it must be disposed of, the WAC test tells you which landfill you can send your waste to.

Waste Acceptance Criteria testing and WAC suites

We offer WAC testing in accordance with BS EN 12457 under the 4 main WAC suites for the UK:

  • Inert suite

  • Stable non-reactive hazardous suite

  • Hazardous suite

  • Full suite

The Full suite covers the testing required for the Inert, Stable non-reactive hazardous and Hazardous suites.

The following suites are also available for our Irish and Northern Irish customers:

  • RILTA suite

  • ENVA suite

  • Muphy suite

  • Recycled aggregate suites

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Accreditations and recognitions

Quality is central to everything we do

Our laboratories are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the British, European and International Standard for quality assurance in analytical laboratories – BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) provides recognition to international customers that we are accredited to this standard by a recognised accreditation body. All accredited methods are inspected and approved by UKAS and the full standard covers quality assurance and method-specific procedures. Normec DETS also belongs to proficiency testing schemes, including Aquacheck, Contest, AIMS, AISS, RICE and DCC.

  • UKAS schedule of accreditation, Consett

    Normec DETS Limited, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 2139

  • UKAS schedule of accreditation, Lenham

    Normec DETS Limited, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 4480

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