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X-Ray film recycling types of x-ray film we recycle Medical film recycling

Medical X-ray film recycling

B.W. Recycling purchases a wide range of medical silver-containing film for destruction and silver recovery.
We pick up medical film anywhere in the US, including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.

If you have any type of medical film to recycle and have questions or concerns about our recycling program, please call 877-217-7020. We will be happy to provide you with all the information you need.

We offer free pick-up and pay you for the silver recovered from the X-ray film. We accept new, used, old, outdated, or expired medical X-rays for recycling, whether the film was exposed or unexposed.

We also provide a certificate of destruction, ensuring that the sensitive information on the medical X-ray film is destroyed correctly in accordance with HIPAA rules and regulations, as well as the EPA's guidelines, to ensure an environmentally friendly process.

The medical X-ray film types we accept for recycling

We recycle all kinds of medical and radioactive X-rays taken by radiologists:

• Medical x-ray film taken for chest, spine, extremities, skull, hips, pelvis, joint bones, abdomen, TB (Tuberculosis) X-rays, or any other type of medical evaluation used by radiation, as long as the film contains silver known to radiologists as rare earth film.
• Dental x-ray films taken by dentists include intraoral and extraoral types, such as Bitewing, Periapical, Occlusal, Panoramic, Cephalometric X-rays, and Cone-beam CT scans.
• Magnetic imaging, laser digital film, CT scans, mammograms, ultrasound (US), Nuclear med, taken by neurosurgeons, oncologists, and all other dry-view type films.

Types of medical films we accept by professional definition

Here are a few types of X-ray film we recycle used in the medical radiology industry:
BMX film - The first used, it was used until 1976
CMS film - Used for a short term between 1977 and 1979. Rare earth film - traditional medical x-ray film which has been used since 1979 until today.
Dry view - Digital, also called laser x-ray film.
Dental x-rays - All types of radiographs used in the dental industry, also known as byte wings x-rays and panoramic view X-rays, please note we only take dental X-ray film with no envelopes, paper, or plastic jackets.
Spinal X-ray film - All types of longer or shorter spine radiographs that are used for full spine X-rays.

In addition to medical x-ray film, we also recycle industrial film, lithographic x-ray film ,and various types of X-ray film containing silver for recovery,
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