Millions of x-ray are taken every day, but little thought is given to where those x-ray will end up, once they are no longer needed. Xray film contains several different components that can be recycled, including silver, a precious metal that has a wide variety of uses. Instead of simply discarding x-ray film and adding to the impact of chemicals and other substances on the already fragile environment, consider x-ray film recycling that includes silver recovery from x-ray film, conveniently located near you in Jacksonville, FL.
Small to medium-size medical offices like dentists are frequent users of dental x-ray film. While some of this film is retained in the patient's personal file, many more pieces of dental xray film are simply discarded. Thin about the hidden value that lies in that discarded film. Instead of throwing it out with the trash and into a landfill, recovery companies like ours take your film and bring it to a silver recycler to remove the valuable silver.
X-ray recycling companies such as ours in Jacksonville, will then take the remaining film and recycle other valuable substances from it. Your patient's information is not attached to this film in any way and you aren't breaching their confidentiality by recycling dental x-tray film. When the film is stripped by the silver recycler, it is no longer identifiable as xray film. Silver recovery from x-ray film is an easy and environmentally friendly way to get rid of old xrays.
Xray film recycling isn't limited to dental film either, and recovery companies like ours can also recycle your NDT film. NDT film, also known as non destructive testing film, is frequently used in medial environments and uses unique chemicals and other substances to form xray images. This film, like any other xray film, can undergo x-ray recycling by our company.
Recycling your unwanted and unnecessary xray film doesn't have to be complicated and you can breathe a bit easier because you haven't contributed to the landfills that produce pollution. Our Jacksonville, FL company will work with you to recover and recycle your xray film, whether it be NDT film, dental film or another kind of xray film. We save you the trouble of disposing of your film appropriately and we have access to the tools that extract the most precious and recyclable components of your xray film. There is perhaps nothing more satisfying for us than to recover used xray film and keep it from ending up as a pollutant of the environment we all live in.
