TIPS: Dentistry

	Keep used fixer out of drains. Do not discharge untreated fixer to storm or sanitary sewers. Install a silver recovery unit designed for small quantities of waste material. Capture recovered silver and sell it to a metal reclaimer. Collect used fixer in an appropriately marked container. Recycling services will pick up used fixer and recover and sell the silver.
	Recycle used fixer, x-ray film and lead foils through companies that accept them. Silver and lead should be kept out the wastebaskets and garbage cans.
	Amalgam particles end up in the sewer ad wastewater. Use screens or traps to capture amalgam particles and recycle them.
	Use cleaners for developer systems that don't contain chromium. Check the MSDS sheet for any cleaner before purchasing it. Cleaners containing chromium must be disposed of as hazardous waste.

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