X-Ray films recycling services - We pick-up nationwide.

We recycle X ray films, we pick-up your outdated / end of life X-ray and MRI films anywhere in the US, we also pay you for your films, we recover the silver from the films so we can offer cash back for your films, we pay by the LB of films and provide you with a HIPAA compliant certificate of destruction.

How does that work?
It is very easy, you contact us, we will pick-up the films for recycling, we will than provide you a report of what was received and mail a certificate of destruction for your x-ray films, please click here to schedule a pick-up online pick-up form, please allow up to 24 hours for a pick-up.

To learn more about our x-ray films recycling program, it is very recommended to to read our frequently asked questions page.

What happens to your films?
If your x ray films is received in the jackets (envelopes) we will remove the films out of the jackets, the jackets will be used for paper recycling, all of your x-ray films will be chemically washed and the silver will be recovered, the left over which is a clear PET plastic will be recycled as well, all sensitive information will be destructed both on the films and the jackets.

What do you have to do?
All you have to do is to prepare your x-ray films for pick-up, click here to learn how and contact us when it is ready, we will pick-up the films, than we will provide you with a certificate of destruction for your films and the payment accordingly, to schedule a pick-up, you can either call 877-217-7020 or click here for online schedule pick-up form.

The difference between x-ray films shredding to films pure films stripping (wash).
Pure X-ray films striping (wash) is a different technology of sliver recovery than standard shredding process, this process is 100% environmental friendly since of all of the raw materials is being recycled, the Silver, PET plastic and paper jackets. when shredding x-rays, usually the paper jackets are being shredded as well which makes it pretty much impossible to wash the films for the silver and due to the paper jackets, so has to be burned to recover the silver and the PET and paper jackets is not.

X-ray films types recycled.
we recycle all kinds of x ray films, such as medical X-ray films, MRI films, Dental x-ray films, industrial x ray films and lithographic films, we do not pay for MRI films.

X-Rays & MRI films are considered protected health information and must be destroyed.
The Privacy Rule is a section of this law designed to protect the privacy of certain health information.

X-Ray recycling for silver quick facts:
The demand for silver is rising. Alaska continued as the country’s leading silver-producing. Silver refiners estimate a total output of 3,000 tons from domestic and foreign ores and concentrates, and from OLD AND NEW SCRAP.

In 2007, approximately 1,600 tons of silver was recovered from old and new scrap including X-ray films recycling.

Approximately one-fifth of the silver used each year worldwide ends up in X-Ray films.