Lithographic film recycling

B.W. Recycling, Inc provides lithography negatives recycling services as well as positive type film, we buy all types of Litho films for recycling

We pay for by the lb for all kinds silver coated scrap litho film used in printing, news, posters, printed circuit boards testing and PCB fabrications, printmaking and all other publication related industries.

We pick-up lithographs for recycling anywhere in the US, the pick-up is free, we pay for the x-rays and provide a certificate of recycling, please note that we do take positive litho film for recycling but we do not pay for these.

If you have any lithographs or x-rays you would like to have picked-up please fill out our online schedule pick-up form.

If you would like to get some more information about recycling lithographic films please call us 877-217-7020 or simply fill out the form on the right hand side of this page and one of us will be glad to assist you with any information you might need.

We take printing film lithographic film for recycling in any form, scrap, new, used, exposed or non exposed (virgin), in rolls, sheets or still attached to aluminum sheets or cardboards. offset printing. We also take expired lithographic film.

The lithographic images film accepted for recycling is processed in a wash method in order to recover the silver, after the silver is removed from the lithographs the film will become blank polymer which will be recycled as well.
Click here to learn more about our silver recovery process.

We recycle all types of x-ray film including medical x-rays, industrial x-rays and all other silver content films.
Click here for a detailed list of film types we recycle.