Know-how for the Division of Lower Saxony’s Department of Road Construction and Transport

The Gandersheim Division of Lower Saxony’s Department of Road Construction and Transport invited GBA Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik Hamburg mbH to give a talk on 20 Jan. 2009 about “Applying and implementing the Länder working group waste regulations, LAGA M20 (2004), in road construction.” This request was in reaction to frequently asked questions regarding sampling, analysis and treatment of contaminated road construction waste and foundation materials.

Our range of environmental services comprises:

Consultancy:
Personal advice on sampling matters, i.e. logistics, collection and analysis

The logistics of sampling:
Provision of containers and transport for samples

Sample taking:
Planning schedules and collecting samples to test the materials named below

Analysis:
Testing a wide variety of samples

The following types of samples are tested:

Waste/recyclables:
e.g. used oil, wood, sewage sludge and other sludges, sediments, dust, electronic waste

Gas/air:
e.g. soil air, landfill gas, exhaust air, raw gas, product gas, biogas, ambient air

Water:
e.g. drinking water, waste water, ground and surface water, process water, leach water

Compost:
e.g. finished compost, fermentation products

Soil/construction waste:
e.g. hazardous waste

Fuels:
 e.g. secondary fuels, biofuels

Mineral oil products:
e.g. insulation oil, used oil