Bethlehem Apparatus can handle more kinds of mercury bearing waste than any other recycler. Our facilities and systems have the capacity to process from a few ounces to truckloads of 55-gallon drums efficiently and cost effectively. We can process a wide variety of materials including:
Batteries (mercury containing only)
- Alkaline dry cells
- Button cells
- Carbon-air batteries
- Large zinc-air batteries
- Mercury oxide batteries
- Silver cells
Electrical Equipment
- Glass switches
- Ignitron tubes
- Mercury pressure regulators
- Mercury rectifiers
- Mercury relays
- Mercury switches
- Metal switches
- Telephone switches
- Thermocouples
- Thermostats
- Other mercury containing devices
Solids
- Activated charcoal
- Carbon
- Debris contaminated with mercury
- Dental amalgam
- Mercury sludge
- Mercury spill kits
- Metallic mercury (pure/impure)
- Phosphor Powders
- Soil contaminated with mercury
Liquids
- COD test solutionsMercury solutions
- Nessler's reagent
- Water contaminated with mercury
Lamps
- Fluorescent lamps (whole, broken, crushed)
- Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL's)
- HID lamps
- High-pressure sodium lamps
- Mercury vapor lamps
- Metal halide lamps
- Quartz lamps
- Ultraviolet lamps
Thermometers
- Barometers
- Industrial thermometers
- Manometers
- Medical thermometers
- Sphygmomanometers
Mercury Salts & Compounds
- Mercuric Acetate
- Mercuric Bromide
- Mercuric Bromide
- Mercuric Chloride
- Mercuric Chloride (ammoniated)
- Mercuric Iodate
- Mercuric Iodide
- Mercuric Nitrate
- Mercuric Oxide
- Mercuric Sulfate
- Mercuric Sulfide
- Mercurous Bromide
- Mercurous Chloride (calomel)
- Mercurous Iodide
- Mercurous Nitrate
- Mercurous Oxide
- Mercurous Sulfate
- Kelpak
Mercury wastes from:
- Chlorine caustic soda operations
- Gold mining operations
- Norzink pollution control process
- Zinc mining operations