Recycling & Waste Management

Operating across three distinct divisions we offer an unrivalled range of technical expertise and accredited services. No matter what your industry, we can virtually guarantee that one of our divisions has the experience to help you meet your requirements.

Our services to the Waste Industry include:

  • Waste Acceptance Criteria Testing (BSEN 12457)
  • Landfill Leachate Testing
  • Water Testing
  • Asbestos Sampling & Analysis
  • Contaminated Land Investigation
  • Landfill Gas Analysis
  • Stack Emissions Monitoring & Testing
  • Dust & Air Quality Analysis

Waste Acceptance Criteria Testing

Our Environmental Chemistry Business provides WAC testing, covering the minimum testing requirements for the disposal of hazardous waste to a hazardous landfill or nonhazardous waste to an inert landfill.

Solid Waste Analysis includes:

  • Total Organic Carbon
  • Loss on Ignition
  • BTEX
  • PCBs
  • PAH
  • pH
  • ANC
  • Mineral Oil

Leachate Analysis includes:

  • pH
  • Conductivity
  • Metals
  • Sulphate
  • Total Dissolved Solids
  • Phenol Index
  • Dissolved Organic Carbon

Landfill Leachate Testing

We are experienced in handling complex leachate matrices, our technical experts use state of the art laboratories to test for potential pollutants which may cause harmful effects on the groundwater & surface water that surround a landfill site.

Testing includes:

  • Organotins
  • Acid Herbicides
  • Ammonia
  • Broadscan
  • Derivatised Broadscan
  • TPHs
  • PAHs
  • Metals

Landfill Gas Analysis

Lab Works EA deliver comprehensive services to landfill site owners and operators for the Compliance Monitoring of waste facilities. We hold NEMA Accreditations for carrying out gas sampling on landfills. Our experienced technicians undertake both routine gas monitoring of boreholes through to complex requirements of gas analysis and cap integrity monitoring. In addition to site monitoring, Lab Works EA also hire out gas monitoring equipment, fully serviced with calibration certificates to ensure confidence in readings.

Water Testing

To complement our NEMA accredited gas sampling services Lab Works EA provide Water Testing and Analysis. Our technical experts take samples from boreholes and surface waters to establish any hazardous substances which may leak into nearby aquifers, wells or water supplies. Asbestos Sampling & Analysis Our team of qualified surveyors, analysts and project managers are highly experienced in the sampling, testing and management of asbestos. Lab Works EA can undertake asbestos bulk sampling, identification and analysis to the latest standards.

Stack Emissions Monitoring & Testing

Our Stack Emissions Monitoring business is one of the largest established NEMA accredited consultancies, providing market-leading, professional and competitive monitoring & testing services throughout Kenya. We offer a comprehensive range of services, from routine monitoring for environmental compliance to calibration of emissions monitoring systems. Operating to the highest safety standards our resources and coverage enables us to provide services throughout Kenya.

Consultancy and Training

Our technical professionals provide a wealth of consultancy services along with accredited and bespoke training, specifically within Environmental Health and Safety Compliance.

Dust and Air Quality Analysis

Lab Works EA offer a wide range of NEMA accredited Dust & Air Quality services including:

• Environmental monitoring of fugitive dust using Frisbee gauges, Directional gauges and Adhesive strips. Available extended analysis of collected samples includes pH and conductivity of water. Metals, PAH, PCB’s, Phenols & SEM analysis on collected Deposits

• Occupational monitoring of dust & air quality using personal sampling pumps, with either dust sampling heads or sorbent tubes for fume exposures levels.

Contaminated Land Investigation

Lab Works EA provide a broad spectrum of services for the investigation & assessment of brownfield sites, together with consultation on the special requirements associated with land redevelopment contaminated land investigation. Our laboratories house a complete range of analytical and testing equipment.