Dental Recycling Manual. A Guide for Dental Practitioners

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1 Dental Recycling Manual A Guide for Dental Practitioners Drilling for a Greener Practice! Department of Ecology Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program October, Revised July 1998 Publication No printed on recycled paper

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3 The Department of Ecology s mission is simple: To protect, preserve and enhance Washington s environment. These are responsibilities of great magnitude and we need your help. Consider how your daily actions affect the environment and take an active interest in pollution prevention. This booklet briefly identifies areas of interest to dentists and provides some helpful information on how to reduce and manage waste at the source. This booklet is not intended to be a substitute for the state s Dangerous Waste Regulations. For up to date information regarding specific or regulatory questions, call your nearest Ecology regional office and ask for specialists in the following programs: hazardous waste, solid waste, water quality and air quality. We are here to help! Phone numbers are listed on the map below. (425) (509) (509) (360) This booklet provides disposal options for dentists within eastern Washington, for the following wastes: Amalgam Lead foil packets X-ray fixer and developer X-ray film Elemental Mercury See page 6 for a list of people to contact with your questions: County Moderate Risk Coordinators can answer questions about hazardous waste and infectious waste. County Health District offices can answer questions about hazardous waste and infectious waste. Waste Water Treatment staff can tell you if their facility has the capabilities to treat the wastes you might want to put down the drain. Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program 1

4 Amalgam: Dental amalgam is a waste stream of concern due to the presence of both mercury and silver. It should not be put down the drain or in the garbage or added to biomedical wastes. (Biomedical waste is incinerated.) Burning amalgam releases the mercury to the air. Proper disposal consists of either sending waste amalgam to a mercury reclaimer, or having a hazardous waste management company pick it up on site. The choice is yours. Either method may require a minimal fee. RECYCLERS Advanced Environmental Recycling Corp., PA (800) reclaimer and Bethlehem Resource Recovery Division, PA (610) reclaimer RECLAIMERS: Mercury Refining Co., Inc., NY reclaimer (800) D.F. Goldsmith, IL refiner (847) EnviroChem, MN refiner (612) Amalgaway, Inc. broker (800) Dental Recycling of North America, NJ broker (800) Strickland Refining Co., MN refiner (612) W.E. Mowry & Company, MN refiner (612) Recyclights, MN relcaimer (800) Mercury Waste Solutions, WI (414) HAZARDOUS M Group, Spokane, WA (509) WASTE Roar Tech, Spokane, WA (509) MANAGEMENT Safety Kleen, Pasco, WA (509) COMPANIES Safety Kleen, Spokane, WA (509) Safety Kleen, Auburn, WA (800) In Spokane, you may drop off your waste amalgam in the household hazardous waste area at any Spokane Solid Waste disposal facility. For packaging guidelines, call (509) Elemental Mercury: Mercury in its elemental form may be found in a dental office for use in amalgam. It is very toxic and if spilled, should be clean up immediately. Your Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) on mercury tells how to respond to a spill and clean it up. Handle mercury waste only by reclaiming with a licensed reclamation facility or by disposing through a hazardous waste vendor. (See vendors list above under Amalgam.) 2 Drilling for a Greener Practice A Friendly Guide on Dental Waste

5 X-ray Fixer: Spent X-ray fixer is a hazardous waste and should be disposed of properly because it can contain a dissolved silver content as high as 7,000 parts per million. You may want to call one of the waste management companies listed above, or contact a used fixer reclaimer. FIXER.999 Inc. Pasco, WA (509) RECYCLERS/.999 Inc. Spokane, WA (509) RECLAIMER: Standard Medical Imaging, Inc. Spokane, WA (509) Washington Photo, Spokane, WA (509) Safety Kleen, Auburn, WA (hauler) (800) Safety Kleen, Pasco, WA (509) Safety Kleen, Spokane, WA (509) X-ray Film: X-ray film, including film that has been processed, contains silver. Because of this silver content, processed x-rays that are no longer required for record purposes should be recycled. Check with your film supplier. Often they will accept unwanted film for reuse. Another option available is to offer scrap film to a precious metals reclamation facility. RECYCLERS: Advanced Environmental Recycling Corp., PA (800) Bethlehem Resource Recovery Division, PA (610) Mercury Refining Co., Inc., NY (800) Mississippi Street Metals, MN (612) D.F. Goldsmith, IL (708) EnviroChem, MN (612) Kodak Dental Film Recycling Program (800) Strickland Refining Co., MN (612) W.E. Mowry & Company, MN (612) Standard Medical Imaging, Spokane, WA (509) Safety Kleen, Pasco, WA (509) Safety Kleen, Spokane, WA (509) Safety Kleen, Auburn, WA (800) Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program 3

6 X-ray Developer: (Always keep waste developer and fixer separate) Usually, spent x-ray developer by itself can be disposed of down the sanitary sewer if your clinic is connected to a sewer system and you comply with the domestic sewage exclusion. However, you should contact your local wastewater treatment plant for verification (see page 6). Never pour developer or any other industrial chemical down the drain if your clinic is on a septic system. Unused developer and developer that has been mixed with fixer, should be handled as hazardous waste. If your processor automatically mixes developer and fixer, an adapter kit can be purchased that will keep the two separate, thereby reducing the amount of hazardous waste that is generated. (See hazardous waste management companies listed on page 2.) Lead Foil Packets: Lead is a hazardous material and should be disposed of properly. One option for disposing of lead foil film packets is to contact a local metal recycler. A second option is to use one of the film suppliers listed below, if they legitimately recycle your spent packets. Some film suppliers will recycle your lead packets for free when you purchase 50 packages of film. Contact the film company you are currently using and see if they have such a program. LOCAL METAL Action Recycling, Spokane, WA (509) RECLAIMERS: American Recycling, Spokane, WA (509) Earthworks Recycling, Spokane, WA (509) Walla Walla Recycling, Walla Walla, WA (509) Kodak (Mail-away Dental Program) (800) FILM Kodak (800) SUPPLIERS: ext. 724 Konica USA Inc (800) Fuji Photo Film (800) Polaroid Corporation (617) M Corporation (800) AGFA (800) Sterilant Solutions: Chemiclave Glutaraldehyde Used chemiclave solution and cold sterilant with more than 4 percent glutaraldehyde must be disposed of through a hazardous waste management company. 4 Drilling for a Greener Practice A Friendly Guide on Dental Waste

7 Useful Contacts Listed by County ADAMS Moderate Risk Waste Coordinator Michelle Melgren (509) Fax Adams County Health District (509) , Ext. 206 Fax Lind Sewage Treatment (509) Othello Sewage Treatment (509) Ritzville Sewage Treatment (509) Washtucna Sewage Treatment (509) ASOTIN Moderate Risk Waste Coordinator Steve Becker (509) Fax Asotin County Health District (509) Fax Asotin Sewage Treatment (509) Clarkston Sewage Treatment (509) BENTON Bill Henager (509) Fax Benton-Franklin Health District (509) ext. 223 Fax Benton City Sewage Treatment (509) Kennewick Sewage Treatment (509) Prosser Sewage Treatment (509) Richland Sewage Treatment (509) West Richland Sewage Treatment (509) *For matters involving infectious waste, please contact your local health department/ district representative or your moderate risk waste coordinator. Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program 5

8 CHELAN Brenda Harn (509) Fax Chelan-Douglas Health District (509) Fax Cashmere SewageTreatment (509) Chelan Sewage Treatment (509) Entiat Sewage Treatment (509) Lake Wenatchee Sewage Treatment (509) Leavenworth SewageTreatment (509) Peshastin Sewage Treatment (509) Wenatchee Sewage Treatment (509) COLUMBIA Roger Trump (509) Fax Columbia County Health District (509) Fax Dayton Sewage Treatment (509) DOUGLAS Ron Draggoo (509) Fax Chelan-Douglas Health District (509) Fax Bridgeport Sewage Treatment (509) Mansfield Sewage Treatment (509) Waterville Sewage Treatment (509) FERRY Bill Chamberlin (509) Fax Northeast Tri-County Health District (509) Fax Republic Sewage Treatment (509) Drilling for a Greener Practice A Friendly Guide on Dental Waste

9 FRANKLIN Sally McKenzie (509) Fax Benton-Franklin Health District (509) ext. 223 Fax Connell Sewage Treatment (509) Pasco Sewage Treatment (509) Mesa Sewage Treatment (509) GARFIELD Mike Selivanoff (509) Fax Garfield County Health District (509) Fax Pomeroy Sewage Treatment (509) GRANT Joan Eby (509) Fax ext. 438 Grant County Health District (509) Fax Coulee City SewageTreatment (509) Ephrata Sewage Treatment (509) Grand Coulee Sewage Treatment (509) Moses Lake Treatment (509) Moses Lake Larson Sewage Treatment (509) Quincy Treatment (509) Royal City Sewage Treatment (509) Soap Lake Sewage Treatment (509) Warden Sewage Treatment (509) KITTITAS Suzanne Tarr (509) Fax Kittitas County Health Department (509) Fax Cle Elum Sewage Treatment (509) Kittitas Sewage Treatment (509) Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program 7

10 Ellensburg Sewage Treatment (509) Ronald Sewage Treatment (509) Roslyn Sewage Treatment (509) Snoqualmie Pass Sewage Treatment (509) Vantage Sewage Treatment (509) KLICKITAT ModerateRisk Waste Coordiator John Longfellow (509) Fax Southwest Washington Health District (360) Fax Bingen Sewage Treatment (509) Goldendale Sewage Treatment (509) Klickitat Sewage Treatment (509) Lyle Sewage Treatment (509) Wishram Sewage Treatment (509) LINCOLN Maria Bircher (509) Fax Lincoln County Health Department (509) Fax (call before sending FAX) Almira Sewage Treatment (509) Creston Sewage Treatment (509) Davenport Sewage Treatment (509) Reardan Sewage Treatment (509) Sprague Sewage Treatment (509) Wilbur Sewage Treatment (509) OKANOGAN Sue Christopher (509) Fax Okanogan County Health District (509) Fax Brewster Sewage Treatment (509) Drilling for a Greener Practice A Friendly Guide on Dental Waste

11 Conconcully Sewage Treatment (509) Okanogan Sewage Treatment (509) Omak Sewage Treatment (509) Oroville Sewage Treatment (509) Pateros Sewage Treatment (509) Tonasket Sewage Treatment (509) Twisp Sewage Treatment (509) Winthrop Sewage Treatment (509) PEND OREILLE Moderate Risk Waste Coordiator Paul Wilson (509) Fax Northeast Tri-County Health District (509) Fax Cusick Sewage Treatment (509) Diamond Lake Sewage Treatment (509) Metaline Sewage Treatment (509) Metaline Falls Treatment (509) Newport Sewage Treatment (509) SPOKANE Scott Windsor (509) Fax Spokane County Health District (509) Fax City of Spokane (509) Cheney Treatment (509) Deer Park Sewage Treatment (509) Liberty Lake Sewer Dist. #1 (509) Medical Lake Sewage Treatment (509) Rockford Sewage Treatment (509) Ione Sewage Treatment (509) Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program 9

12 STEVENS Moderate Risk Waste Coordinator Dennis Durbin (509) Fax Northeast Tri-County Health District (509) Fax Chewelah Sewage Treatment (509) Clayton Sewer District (509) Colville Sewage Treatment (509) Kettle Falls Sewage Treatment (509) Loon Lake Sewage Treatment (509) Springdale Treatment (509) WALLA WALLA Moderate Risk Waste Coordinator Gretchen Lowe (509) Fax Walla Walla County-City Health Department (509) Fax College Place Sewage Treatment (509) ext. 33 Waitsburg Sewage Treatment (509) Walla Walla Sewage Treatment (509) WHITMAN Phil Merrell (509) Fax Whitman County Health Department (509) Fax Albion Sewage Treatment (509) Colfax Sewage Treatment (509) Colton Sewage Treatment (509) Endicott Sewage Treatment (509) Farmington Sewage Treatment (509) Garfield Sewage Treatment (509) LaCrosse Sewage Treatment (509) Drilling for a Greener Practice A Friendly Guide on Dental Waste

13 Oaksdale Sewage Treatment (509) Palouse Sewage Treatment (509) Pullman Sewage Treatment (509) Rosalia Sewage Treatment (509) St. John Sewage Treatment (509) Steptoe Sewer District #1 (509) Tekoa Sewage Treatment (509) Uniontown Sewage Treatment (509) YAKIMA Mark Nedrow (509) Fax Yakima Health District (509) Fax: Buena Sewage Treatment (509) Cowiche Sewage Treatment (509) Grandview Sewage Treatment (509) Granger Sewage Treatment (509) Mabton Sewage Treatment (509) Moxee Sewage Treatment (509) Naches Sewage Treatment (509) Port of Sunnyside Sewage Treatment (509) Selah Sewage Treatment (509) Sunnyside Sewage Treatment (509) Tieton Sewage Treatment (509) Yakima Sewage Treatment (509) Zillah Sewage Treatment (509) Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program 11

14 Other Publications that may be requested from your nearest Ecology regional office: Environmental Management and Pollution Prevention A Guide for Dental Programs Going Green for Dentists A guide to becoming an environmentally friendly dental office. A Washington Dental Service Foundation publication Recycling and Reclaiming Dental Wastes Dental Waste Poster a practical guide for dentists in Spokane County produced by Spokane Regional Solid Waste System Handling Dental Waste Poster produced by Seattle - King County Dental Society and the Local King County Hazardous Waste Program Waste Management Guidelines for King County Dental Offices Contains updated information about regulations along with a detailed discussion of each waste, what to do with it, and why it s important to keep a clean shop (office). A list of vendors and services is provided. produced by Seattle - King County Dental Society and the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County 12 Drilling for a Greener Practice A Friendly Guide on Dental Waste

15 (425) (509) (509) (360) For additional copies of this document, please contact: Department of Ecology Publications Distribution Center P.O. Box Olympia, WA Please include your street address for UPS delivery. The Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity agency and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, disability, age, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disabled veteran s status, Vietnam Era veteran s status or sexual orientation. If you have special accommodation needs or require this document in alternative format, please contact the Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program at (360) (voice) or (360) (TDD). Regional TDD numbers are: CRO (TDD) (509) NWRO (TDD) (425) ERO (TDD) (509) SWRO (TDD) (360)