Recycle for Earth Day

Fair Lawn, New Jersey – Recycling your solid carbide tools is both environmentally beneficial and profitable. When warn-our tools are kept out of landfills and junkyards, we all win.

Most of our solid carbide tools come from recycled carbides. We pay a competitive market price for used carbide. Customers can make tens of thousands of dollars annually in profit by selling us their worn inserts and solid carbide tools. regardless of their origin.

Making new tools from recycled solid carbide requires 70% less energy than making them from virgin raw materials. Production from recycled materials means 40% less carbon dioxide is emitted. Becuase these raw materials are scarce and finite, recycling becomes even more of a neceessity. Estimated reserves of tungsten, for example, are around 7 million tons, or 100 years of consumption. Why mine unnecessarily?

We use environmentally sound methods to recycle. The production in the recycling factory is ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified. We are continuously searching for ways to make recycling technologies cleaner and more efficient.

How it works
Call our Customer Service Center at 800.SANDVIK to request a free recycling kit.

Use the collection boxes at each machine or cell to collect used carbide inserts and solid carbide drills and end mills. All carbide inserts and solid carbide tools, both coated and uncoated, will be accepted.

Fill the transportation boxes with carbide collected from each machine or cell. Put used carbide inserts and solid carbide drills and end mills in separate boxes (see restrictions below).

Return process
Call 800.SANDVIK to obtain a Recycle Return Authorization (RRA) number and a current price per pound quote. Let the representative know if you would like a check or a recycling voucher to be redeemed for new Sandvik Coromant tooling.

Fill in the customer information and the RRA number in the customer information box on the back page of the return form and on the return label provided in the kit. This information will ensure that you receive your check without delay.

Ship the full box or boxes using the shipping label included in the kit. Be sure to include a copy of the return form in each box you return.

A refund check or recycling voucher based on current price per pound times the weight of the returned carbide, will be mailed to you within 2 to 3 weeks after receipt of the shipment.

If you have any questions regarding your shipment, call the Customer Service Center at 800.SANDVIK. Please have your RRA number ready when you call.

Return restrictions
Include only stand-alone inserts; carbide cannot be connected or brazed to any other material. We do not accept cermet or ceramic inserts. These items are not recyclable. Please do not return these inserts.

To get started, call 800.SANDVIK (800.726.3845) and ask a customer service representative to send you our free recycling containers.

Source: Sandvik Coromant