Reclaim and recycle
Solder Dross
Along with selling solder bars, Indium Corporation’s solder reclaim program utilizes state-of-the-art electrolytic recycle processes that removes both organic and metallic impurities from contaminated tin-lead and lead-free solder and solder dross.
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Assured Recycling
Indium Corporation’s solder reclaim program uses state-of-the-art electrolytic recycle processes that removes both organic and metallic impurities from contaminated tin-lead and lead-free solder and solder dross.
If you are a solder user with less regular dross generation, you can still take advantage of Indium Corporation’s assured and documented solder recycling. We will:
- Purchase your solder dross and contaminated solder
- Assay the material
- Pay you for the value of the dross and contaminated metal
- Send you a certificate confirming that the metal was properly recycled and not put in a landfill
Acceptable materials for recycling:
- Tin-lead and lead-free soft solder and solder dross containing major components of tin, lead, silver, and copper with virtually any minor metal contaminants
- Unopened jars of solder paste
- Other soft solder alloys that contain greater than 1% bismuth, zinc, cadmium, or other metals may be acceptable, but must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If the solder is known to contain these other metals then the solder or dross should be segregated from normal solder and dross.
Assured Recycling Pricing
With the Assured Recycle option, Indium Corporation purchases the material outright. The value of the material to be recycled is determined based on an assay that we perform upon receipt of the metal. Since solder dross generally includes both non-metallic oxygen (as metal oxide) and a small amount of organics from flux, both the metallic content – as a percentage of total weight – and the metallic components must be analyzed.
Indium Corporation can help make arrangements with a licensed waste handler to take back large quantities of used solder paste jars and wipes. Because we cannot accept this waste in our facility, you must ship the waste jars and wipes directly to the third party waste handler, who will then reclaim the metal and plastic from the jars and wipes.
Using Shipping Containers
- Use green buckets for lead-free.
- Use black buckets for tin-lead.
- Include a maximum of 75 lbs. of material per bucket.
- To avoid destroying the labels, apply labels to the side of the buckets after the buckets are full and are at room temperature.
- Seal buckets tightly to avoid accidentally spilling material.
NOTE: We CANNOT accept empty solder containers, rags, wipes, etc. If the shipment contains these items, the shipment will be refused at the dock and the entire shipment will be returned at your expense.
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