HOME ABOUT SERTEGO LINES OF ACTIVITY SUSTAINABILITY PRESENT CONTACT CLIENT AREA THE LABORATORY OF SERTEGO PUERTO DE ALGECIRAS ACHIEVES ACCREDITATION ISO 17025 contact < SERTEGO, in its commitment to the circular economy and through a culture of constant innovation, has obtained accreditation under the UNE-EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2017 standard. This accreditation has been granted by the Spanish Accreditation Association (ENAC), for the analysis laboratory located at the Marpol Sertego Puerto de Algeciras waste treatment plant. Laboratory technical team and Quality manager Months of hard work have thus been completed to develop a proprietary method for the determination of heavy metals in the organic phase in the recovered fuel oil obtained after the physical-chemical treatment process carried out at the facility. SERTEGO had set itself the objective of achieving autonomy in carrying out these analyzes, since after the publication of Order APM / 206/2018, of February 22, which establishes the criteria to determine when the recovered fuel from the treatment of MARPOL type C waste for use as fuel on ships is no longer waste according to Law 22/2011, of July 28, on waste and contaminated soils, it was established as a requirement that the tests that had to be carried out on the fuel recovered to justify their status as the end of waste had to be carried out by a laboratory accredited by ISO 17025. On the occasion of this important milestone, the person in charge of the culmination of this project, Maria Jesús Martin Villota, explains to us what the main keys have been to achieve success in this objective. What do you think have been the main challenges that you have faced in the accreditation process? The main challenges have been the deadline that we had proposed, very demanding, and on the other hand, elaborating our own internal procedure not included in any Official Standard, since our analyzes are carried out with a matrix in an organic phase and not in an aqueous matrix as they are. standardized all the procedures to use. In this sense, the search for certified reference materials as well as suitable intercomparison circuits has also been an added difficulty. What are the analyzes that the SERTEGO Puerto de Algeciras laboratory can do under this accreditation? Nosotros hemos conseguido acreditar los ensayos que realizamos al fuel recuperado que obtiene la planta de tratamiento de residuos de origen Marpol del Puerto de Algeciras. En concreto los metales recogidos en la Orden APM/206/2018, así como otros fuera de dicha Orden. ¿Ha habido algún momento especialmente duro? Podría decir que muchos, porque era algo nuevo a lo que nos enfrentábamos tanto desde el punto de vista personal como para mi equipo, ya que aunque es cierto que tenemos otra empresa en el grupo que tiene su laboratorio bajo acreditación ISO 17025, me refiero al centro de transferencia, planta de tratamiento físico químico y vertedero de CETRANSA, para el equipo de Sertego Algeciras era un reto enorme. There have been times of a heavy workload, for example the month of December 2020 where my entire team was working tirelessly, despite the Christmas dates to fine-tune the analysis procedure. My thanks for the support you have given me in this process. But if I have to highlight a situation of special expectation and nerves, it was when we submitted the request for our file to ENAC and we were waiting for a date to be set for us to carry out the audit, as well as all the delay that the pandemic has caused us. Mª Jesús, what is your next challenge? Obtain the accreditation for the laboratory of our Sertego Cartagena plant . Summarize this experience in one sentence. Hard, demanding but very motivating, in short, the confirmation of the technical competence of the entire human team. RELATED NEWS SERTEGO IMPROVES TIRE RECOVERY WITH THE EXPANSION OF ITS FACILITIES IN LALÍN (PONTEVEDRA) Thus, it consolidates its presence in the area and the percentage of recovery of tires from all over Galicia in a more efficient way… Read more SERTEGO'S PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DISSEMINATION DAYS IN GALICIA At SERTEGO we always want to participate in all those activities that, through didactic or outreach work, bring to the table various environmental problems related to waste management ... Read more UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VISIT THE SERTEGO USED OIL REGENERATION PLANT IN FUENLABRADA The students were interested in the processes of recovery, recycling and regeneration of used industrial oils… Read more About Sertego Sustainability Present Contact UPLOAD Sertego SLU ® LEGAL NOTICE | PRIVACY POLICY | COOKIES POLICY