Legally compliant take-back of solder waste
Stannol voluntarily offers its customers a take-back service for soldering tin waste. This supports the separate collection and proper disposal of solder dross, solder ash and used solder in accordance with applicable waste management regulations.
Production companies are subject to legal requirements when disposing of soldering tin waste. These requirements may vary depending on the composition and classification of the waste and apply to both lead-containing and lead-free solders.
The legislation has established the following requirements for this purpose:
- The waste must be reported to the responsible authority.
- The production plant is obliged to keep a record book on the disposal of the waste.
- The disposal documents must be submitted to the responsible authority.
- A transport permit must be obtained for each transport of the above-mentioned waste products.
Disposal and reprocessing
Stannol supports you in organising the take-back of your soldering tin waste. Upon request, we coordinate transport, the necessary communication with the authorities and disposal by suitable waste management companies. We provide suitable transport containers free of charge.
We also offer the option of reprocessing your soldering tin waste according to individual specifications. Depending on the material and process used, the metals it contains may subsequently be reused as raw materials.
- Disposal procedure We dispose of your waste products and issue a takeover certificate. After analysis in our laboratory and melting down, you will receive the financial compensation via our scrap metal settlement according to the daily prices of the London Metal Exchange.
- Reprocessing procedure We rework your solder waste into customer-specific alloys (calculating the reprocessing costs and deducting the melting loss).
Please note
Melting losses must always be expected both during disposal and reprocessing. The amount of these losses depends on many factors and cannot be determined in advance.
These forms of take-back also apply, of course, if you want to shut down a machine, reduce old stock or replace existing solder baths.
We are happy to support you
If you have any further questions on the subject of taking back solder waste or would like an individual solution, our expert Claudio Sündermann will be happy to help you.
