Recycling is highly important when it comes to protecting the natural environment. Many companies such as Industrial Surplus Inc. provide x-ray film recycling to help preserve and conserve the environment. Not only is it illegal to throw away x-rays that have been used for a medical propose, for privacy reasons, but the chemicals that make up x-ray films are toxic and extremely harmful to the environment.
For people who live in Oceanside, CA, that worry about the harmful effects of NDT film, dental xray film and all other types of x-ray films there are many company that will buy these harmful films and dispose of them in a safe, proper, and environmentally friendly way.
Recycling old and used films has many benefits. One of the results that come from Industrial Surplus Inc.’s xray recycling is the silver recovery from x-ray film. One kilo of x-ray film can contain between 3 and 9 grams of silver. Silver recycling will remove the silver out of the x-ray films and reuse them resulting in less silver mining, therefore miners will not need to use heavy machinery to tear up the soil to fulfill the silver needs.
Some scrap metal recycling companies, or x-ray film recycling companies, offer to sell their extra metal to the everyday scrap metal buyer. The scrap metal prices may vary depending on the type of metal and the amount of metal the person intends to buy.
There are many recovery companies that will recycle x-ray film sadly not many of these companies offer to pick up the films and bring them to the company for recycling. The silver recycler would not only pick the film up but they will buy your unwanted film and metals from you. By giving your film to recovery companies your film will be disposed of properly, you will preserve the environment by preventing silver mining, and stop toxins from entering landfills and water sources.
