EarthCure and the EarthCure recycling program were born in the summer of 2009 as an attempt to solve several problems. We held discussions over a period of about 2 years, trying to understand and solve a couple of technical and procedural issues, consulting with members of the medical community, as well as experts in the recycling and refining industry. Here are the problems we set out to solve:
At Millennium's state-of-the-art facility in Dallas, Texas, we have designed a system for recycling relatively trace amounts of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Rhodium, and Palladium that traditional refiners would ignore. The trace amounts of platinum that reside on EP catheters, Angioplasty guide wires, etc, would not be considered financially viable for recycling with older technologies, but using a proprietary heat and chemical system that is much more advanced, EarthCure can refine to a much more exacting degree (to the 0.01%) than what was previously thought possible. We are the only refinery in the country that institutes this technology, which yields substantially more platinum/gold/palladium/silver per ounce of medical waste material..
Spearheading Millennium is Brian Wallis, who is considered an industry expert, and pioneer in emerging technologies in the field of metal recovery. After much deliberation and scrutiny, EarthCure was designed. Our design is, on the surface, very simple: take these discarded materials, refine them, extract any precious metals (platinum, in this case), and pay the hospitals and medical facilities back. In addition, we wanted to accomplish this goal in a manner that is completelygreen. That is to say, this operation would take place in a zero-emission facility, that is completely EPA compliant, with no carbon footprint.
That is when our motto was formed, "Let's quit throwing the world away" At Millennium's state-of-the-art facility in Dallas, Texas, we designed a system for recycling relatively trace amounts of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Rhodium, and Palladium. Normally, traditional refiners would ignore the trace amounts of platinum that reside on the EP catheters, Angioplasty guide wires, etc, claiming that there isn't enough platinum to be financially viable. And, on the small scale, and with older technologies, that is probably correct. But we are using a proprietary heat and chemical system that is much more advanced, and can refine to a much more exacting degree than what was previously thought possible.
We are the only refinery in the country that institutes this technology. This yields us substantially more platinum/gold/palladium/silver per ounce of medical waste material. Our accuracy is down to the 100 th of a percent. The platinum/gold/palladium/silver is then smelted and refined, and in the process we take every possible step to ensure that both safety and quality are maintained—all of it in a way that is beneficial to the environment. Here is the basic process from the moment the materials are collected in our special bio-hazard collection boxes.