MERCURY RECYCLING
Alchema
have established a separate company, Quicksilver
Recovery Services Limited, which offers a comprensive service for
the removal of mercury from mercury contaminated waste from a variety
of sources including:
• The ChlorAlkali industry
• Fluorescent lamp powders— for which Sustainalite accreditation is held
• Spent carbon filtration media associated with the natural gas industry
• Other industry by-products and site contaminations
The process has a capacity to handle tonne quantities in a batch process (although part-loads can be handled also ) and is based on the breakdown of mercury compounds into metallic mercury followed by vacuum distillation to leave a residual ash which meets the current requirements for landfill and a mercury fraction typically 99.99% pure. Click here for a process flow-diagram.
This operation has been developed in direct response to environmental legislation restricting the land disposal of mercury wastes . The process is recognised as Best Environmental Practice by the Environment Agency and carries full IPPC authorisation.
Alchema
have established a separate company, Quicksilver
Recovery Services Limited, which offers a comprensive service for
the removal of mercury from mercury contaminated waste from a variety
of sources including: • The ChlorAlkali industry
• Fluorescent lamp powders— for which Sustainalite accreditation is held
• Spent carbon filtration media associated with the natural gas industry
• Other industry by-products and site contaminations
The process has a capacity to handle tonne quantities in a batch process (although part-loads can be handled also ) and is based on the breakdown of mercury compounds into metallic mercury followed by vacuum distillation to leave a residual ash which meets the current requirements for landfill and a mercury fraction typically 99.99% pure. Click here for a process flow-diagram.
This operation has been developed in direct response to environmental legislation restricting the land disposal of mercury wastes . The process is recognised as Best Environmental Practice by the Environment Agency and carries full IPPC authorisation.