Pierce County Dental Society

DENTAL WASTE CONTACTS

AMALGAM
The following is a list of dental waste companies that are available to dental offices. Pierce County Dental Society does not endorse any of these companies. The list is only intended as a contact resource for offices. It is up to the Dental Office to check out the individual dental waste company and the services they provide.

If you provide a dental waste service that is available for Pierce County Dentists and would like to be placed on the list, please contact the Pierce County Dental Society Central Office at 274-9722.

AMALGAM WASTE
Pick-up services:

Keep It Clean Recycling,
Redmond 425-868-3535
Kleen Environmental Technologies,
Seattle 206-285-8010
Safety-Kleen,
Auburn 800-669-5948
Lynnwood 425-775- 7030

Drop-off program: ~

Philip Services, Tacoma 800-327-7759.
(Call for days and hours)

Mail-away programs:

Amalgaway - All amalgam wastes 800-267-1467
Dental Recycling of North America,
all amalgam wastes 800-360-1001
Dental Exchange, non-contact,
dry amalgam only 201-489-3083
Dental Refiners, non-contact,
dry amalgam only 800-786-1742
Lab Safety Supply, WI, 800-356-2501

AMALGAM WASTEWATER:
Although amalgam wastewater is not currently prohibited from the sanitary sewer, contact your local sewer utility for updated discharge limits. For information on treatment units call Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) Hazardous Waste Hotline: 1-800-287-6429.

Companies that sell wastewater treatment systems:

Dental Recycling North America,
New Jersey 800-360-1001
R & D Services, Inc., Seattle 206-525-4994
Rebec, Edmonds 800-569-1088
Safety-Kleen, Auburn 800-669-5948

X-RAYS
X-ray film, film packets, lead aprons, fixer and developer that is mixed with fixer contain silver or lead and are hazardous. They cannot be put in the garbage or down the drain.

X-Ray Fixer:
Don't put fixer into the sewer drain or septic system. Instead, you can:

Send it to an outside facility for solvent recovery (see list below):
Buy or lease your own treatment unit to reclaim fixer. Be sure your treated fixer meets the limits set by your sewer utility before it goes down the drain.
Hire a waste management firm to pick up the fixer (See list below)

Silver recovery services:
(will accept and reclaim used fixer)

Bayside X-ray, Seattle 206-768-0910
CMX Corporation, Seattle 800-869-7191
Eastside Dental Processor Service,
Redmond 425-466-4412
Hallmark Refining Co., Mt. Vernon 800-255-1895
Keep It Clean Recycling,
Redmond 425-868-3535
Kleen Environmental Technologies,
Seattle 206-285-8010
Marconi Medical Systems,
Kirkland 800-342-0794
Overlake Photo Express, Bellevue 425-454-5050
Prolab, Seattle 206-547-5447
Puget Sound Developer Services,
Kirkland 206-819-4348
Safety-Kleen, Auburn 800-669-5948

Spent cartridges:
(pick up and reclaim cartridges from in-house treatment units)

CMX Corporation, Seattle 800-869-7191
Hallmark Refining Co., Mt. Vernon 800-255-1895
Safety-Kleen, Auburn 800-669-5948

X-RAY DEVELOPER:
Spent developer can typically go into the sewer drain (but not the storm drain or septic system). Developer mixed with fixer, and unused developer, should not go into the drain, but should be handled as hazardous waste. Call 800-287-6429 for more information.

LEAD FOILS:
Return lead foils to a facility that reclaims and reuses the lead. Kodak provides a service for this. You can also recycle lead foils through metal reclaimers. Kodak Dental Program (mail-away) 800-933-8031

Biomedical Wastes:
Licensed biomedical waste transport companies:

LeMay Inc, Tacoma 253-539-0060
Murrey's Disposal Co., Puyallup 253-922-6681
Stericycle of Washington, Inc.,
Kirkland 425-251-8811

If you have questions on the methods for disposing of biomedical waste, call the medical waste coordinator at TPCHD 253-798-3512.

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