Environmental chemistry plays a critical role in understanding contamination, protecting human health, and ensuring regulatory compliance. At ECT we provide high-quality testing services across soil, water, and waste matrices, supporting clients throughout the full lifecycle of environmental investigation and management.
Quality and Confidence
At ECT, quality underpins everything we do. Our laboratory operates under strict quality control systems, using validated methods and advanced instrumentation to ensure consistent, reliable results.
We understand that environmental data is often used to support regulatory submissions and critical project decisions. That’s why we focus on delivering testing that is technically robust, fully traceable, and defensible.
Our Environmental Chemistry Services
We offer a comprehensive range of environmental testing services, designed to meet the demands of modern regulatory frameworks and complex site conditions.
Soil Testing Services
Comprehensive testing across key environmental matrices, providing critical data for site investigations, monitoring programmes, and compliance assessments.
Street Works UK Waste Classification Protocol
Specialist testing aligned with industry protocols to support compliant waste classification and disposal during street works and infrastructure projects.
Contamination & WAC Testing
Detailed testing to determine contamination levels and Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC), supporting safe disposal and regulatory compliance.
Leachate & Water Analysis
High-sensitivity testing for leachate and water samples, ensuring accurate assessment of environmental impact and discharge requirements.
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Targeted testing of regulated organic contaminants, supporting risk assessments and compliance with evolving environmental legislation.
PFAS Testing
Advanced testing services for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), delivering ultra-low detection and robust data across soil and water matrices.
PFAS
Following recent publication of Defra’s PFAS Plan, there is now an urgent focus on the identification of the nature & extent of the sources of this extensive range of persistent organo-fluorine chemicals and their management.
ECT can assist the water and waste industries, environmental professionals, manufacturers and regulators with appropriate monitoring and testing programmes to inform process change, audit environmental impact and support the aspirations of the Defra Plan.
POPs
Persistent Organic Pollutants comprise a wide range of halogenated chemicals which are characterised by lengthy environmental persistence, accumulation in living organisms (especially higher in the food chain), and toxicity to humans and wildlife. POPs occur in a range of pesticides, as a minor constituent in upholstery made before 2019 and in older waste electrical & electronic equipment (WEEE).
The 2007 POPs Regulations require that waste containing POPs can only be disposed of by incineration. New requirements were added by the Environment Agency in 2023 relating to the storage & destruction of POPs waste.
ECT can help businesses generating potential POPs waste to identify and quantify the level of contaminants, in order to manage materials effectively and ensure regulatory compliance.
Explore Our Other Services
Whether you are managing contaminated land, classifying waste, or monitoring environmental impact, ECT provides the analytical expertise to support your work.
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