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Our Policy on Silver Amalgam

Due to the fact that silver amalgams contain mercury, usedgold.com  will not include any amalgam material in your refining.

Used-gold.com is however, dedicated to our environment, and we will do anything we can do to make our globe safer and cleaner for our children.

Silver amalgam that contains mercury in large quantities should be shipped to certified mercury removal centers. This can be expensive and the proper hazard shipping containers should always be used. That being said, we at used-gold.com understand that often times, silver amalgam material, in the form of extractions and left over slag, may make it into your scrap lots. For this reason, we will sort through your scrap lots before sending your alloys to our refiners. Any silver/mercury amalgam material will be separated and stored for proper disposal.

The amalgam material, while holding some value in silver, must be separated from the mercury. Companies that separate the mercury from dental amalgams, charge large environmental fees for this service. The weight of amalgam is reduced by fifty percent during this process.

For this reason, used-gold.com, will store all silver amalgam at no charge to you until a minimum weight (200lbs) can be achieved. Because there is significant cost incurred by us, any money that may be recovered from the silver material left over will be used by us to offset the legal removal and shipping of this hazardous material.