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Solid Waste Management Plan
Our entire facility is designed to identify
incoming material for the total recovery of precious
metals and other valuable commodities, as well as a wide range
of recyclable by-products, which must be eliminated from solid
waste streams. Materials to be processed for precious metals analysis
are inspected a minimum of three times for hazardous materials
before shredding. The first inspection is during receiving of
the material. The following materials are not accepted at MPC
and are returned on the same truck when found during the receiving
inspection:
- Any fossil fuel or materials used in
collecting fossil fuels
- Any infectious or pathological wastes
- Any media contaminated with oil
- Any liquid
- Any chemicals, oils, or powders
- Any equipment that contained chemicals
of any kind
- Any equipment that contains asbestos
- Any equipment that contains radioactive
components
- Any fluorescent or other type of lights
or light fixtures not found inside equipment
- Any materials that would adversely impact
our operations or result in environmental or health problems
The second inspection occurs in the precious
metal processing area. The third inspection is just before the
shredding process. Specific items that could be found on printed
circuit boards are small Ni-Cad or lithium batteries and small
encapsulated mercury wetted relays. Training for proper identification,
removal, and recycling of these items is completed on a formal
basis annually, but is always on-going. After identification and
removal from the circuit boards, each item is packaged properly
and sent out for recovery and recycling.
Precious metal bearing materials are shredded
only after rigorous inspection and removal of hazardous components.
Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are required for new or unusual
items that are received. Any new item is analyzed for value and
viable processing prior to acceptance by MPC.
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