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Cylinder Recycling Services
Why recycle spent cylinders? The simple response would be that it`s the responsible thing to do given today`s focus on the environment. From a business standpoint, it makes sense because the lines of legal responsibility are clearly drawn. The owners of the cylinders are directly or indirectly responsible for their proper disposal or disposal by a second party. From a customer`s standpoint, the knowledge of the company`s active recycling practices certainly reflects its environmentally friendly value.
Why wait???
Cylinders can become so badly corroded that they cannot be moved or they will release their contents either through the valve or the cylinder itself. The severity of the hazard depends on where the cylinders are stored and their contents: it may be flammable, toxic, or both. Even inert gases pose a pressure hazard should they burst open. They have to be treated on-site before it is safe to transport as scrap steel or loaded into a special container and taken to a treatment facility. Either way can be expensive. It means a distributor must pay a specialty company to visit the site, test the cylinder, and deal with its contents.
Disposal of a single cylinder could run several thousand dollars. That is certainly a good reason not to wait.
Cylinder Recyclers can assist all industries and, Federal, State, and Local Government agencies in their efforts to properly and safely dispose of or recycle compressed gas cylinders of almost all types.