X-ray’s held by medical facilities such as dental offices and doctor offices contain personal information. When medical providers dispose of these records, it is important that the patient’s private information remains secure. The proper disposal of material from the dental and doctor offices requires the assistance of an x-ray film recycling company.
Industrial Surplus Inc. is a scrap metal recycling company with a proven track record of recycling x-ray film within the guidelines of Environmental Protection Agency Act. The company has methods of properly disposing the film and the hazard material within.
X-Ray film recycling in Santa Rosa, CA as an option for companies who have expired medical records or dental xray film stored in their office. X-ray film recycling allows a way to protect patient privacy while also increasing storage space. Companies that are also closing their facilities can consider this option. Industrial surplus Incorporated is able to remove all of the films from your facility and provide silver recovery from x-ray film.
The proper recycling of x-ray film and NDT Film are required due to the personal information the film contains as well as the hazardous material that is part of the film. The process of xray film recycling requires the removal of three types of material.
Within each film, medical records such as dental x-rays are included. Proper disposal of the information can be completed by a xray recycling company.
In addition to the paper, the film includes silver, a precious scarce metal. As part of the process, the silver recycler will remove the material from the film in order to reuse. This step is beneficial and allows the recovery companies to recycle the silver to help protect the metal. X-ray films are the highest uses for silver and only recycling of material will allow the silver to be reused.
Lastly the final item that will be disposed of is the hazardous material.
As a family owned company, Industrial Surplus is put focus on providing quality service to providers. If a facility is focused on removing x-rays, a x-ray film buyer is an option for the disposal of film.
