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Dental Office Waste Management Guide
Dental wastes are potentially harmful to the environment and require special storage and disposal.
These wastes must be collected for proper disposal, treatment or recycling following the correct
protocols listed below:
Dental Waste Items:
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Amalgam Particles
Blood (liquid, dried, or dripping)
Chemiclave Chemicals
Chromium Container X-Ray
System Cleaners
Disinfectants
Fixer (developer or scrap film)
Lead Foils and Shield
Sharp Objects
Waste Mercury
Chromium Container X-ray System
Cleaners
Used Chemiclave
Discharge to a sanitary
sewer
Disinfectants
Does it contain
metals?
(Other than
sharps)
No
Yes
Discharge to a sanitary
sewer at a pH between
5.5-10.5
Is it a used
chemical?
No
Blood
Discharge to sewer,
dispose of as garbage
or as infectious waste
Yes
Is it
biowaste?
Yes
Dispose of as hazardous waste and if
possible, switch to non-chrome cleaners
Lead Foils & Shield
Action Metals
BFI
Green Check Canada
Knox Mountain Metals
250
250
604
250
765-6607
765-0565
855-3648
763-6502
Silver: fixer, scrap film
BFI
Green Check Canada
KGH—Diagnostic Imaging
Safety Kleen
Silver Recovery Systems
Sybertech Waste Reduction Ltd.
250-765-0565
604-855-3648
250-862-4457
250- 545-6969
1-800-267-8498
1-888-888-7975
Sharps and other office waste
Dispose as per local bylaws
Or Hospital Sterilization Services
1-604-468-1561
Mercury / Amalgam Particles
No
Facility owner and operators are legally responsible to
ensure that they comply with the BC Special Waste
Regulations. For further information, contact the Ministry
of Environment, Lands and Parks at 1-250-490-8200.
250 469-8866
Amalgaway
BFI
Green Check Canada
Sinclair Dental Co. Ltd
Stericycle Canada
Sybertech Waste Reduction Ltd
1-800-267-1467
250-765-0565
604-855-3648
1-800-799-7147
1-866-783-7422
1-888-888-7975