Following a rigorous validation programme and UKAS audit, Tetra Tech’s Manchester laboratory has achieved MCERTS accreditation for stack emissions analysis, confirming its adherence to recognised quality standards for air pollution testing and reporting.
In January 2017, the Environment Agency published a document entitled ‘MCERTS standard for laboratories testing samples from stack emissions monitoring‘. This was published as a result of The Environment Agency recognising that laboratories were working to very different standards. The main aim of MCERTS is to:
“…ensure that by setting quality standards, which everybody must work towards, the standard promotes and raises the professional reputation of people and organisations involved in performing chemical testing of samples taken for monitoring pollution from chimney stacks.”
The standard focuses on how to carry out and report analytical results for stack emission samples and stipulates that “Skilled people must carry out the work using internationally recognised methods.”
The new scope of accreditation includes a wide range of analytical methods. Learn more about our laboratory services.