The most beneficial and cost effective way for institutions to recover silver and manage their imaging waste in accordance with state and federal regulations is to obtain a customized silver recovery system through Scott Precious Metal. Based on the type of chemicals used, volume of solutions, and state & local compliance regulations, SPM can custom design a recovery system in which 99.9% of the silver from silver-rich solutions can be reclaimed. Our systems can reduce fixer consumption and maximize your recycling yield, ensuring discharge compliance and higher economic benefits.
Film Recycling
SPM guarantees compliance with all HIPAA regulations. Natural sources and above ground supplies of silver continue to decline. And yet, new industrial and medical uses for silver are multiplying rapidly. As a result, the value of silver has increased 300% in the last three years. In applications such as radiology, silver is released from x-ray film during development and can successfully be recovered from processing chemicals and recycled. Discarded film also contains a dry solid form of silver that once chemically washed can be reclaimed, leaving behind clean valuable plastics. These plastics can be recycled, have many uses and are now in demand.
Refining
SPM understands today’s industrial challenges. Therefore, we are committed to the strategic development of metal recovery and refining programs to provide customized solutions that ensure the highest returns possible and guarantee the environmentally sound reclamation. SPM’s expertise and operating efficiencies improve a manufacturer’s profitability by maximizing the reclamation of valuable metallics.
Air Quality
Occupational exposure to indoor biological and industrial air pollutants affect the health of millions of workers each year. Respiratory diseases and skin problems resulting from these contaminates cause increased sick days and productivity lose. Still, there are other consequences of poor indoor air quality such as; employer liability, costly renovations, and bad publicity. What’s more, indoor air born particulates can be responsible for film processing artifacts that in the medical setting can affect diagnostic film fidelity. Approximately 75% of hazardous air pollutants and dust are invisible and therefore, often remain in the indoor environment causing these adverse health effects and production problems. Employers and building owners can improve the quality of their indoor environment and eliminate financial consequences by imposing an air treatment system from SPM.
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