[BCMA] Disposing of an old x-ray machine

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Hello BC Museum Community,

The Summerland Museum and Archives Society is looking to dispose of an old
dental x-ray machine from the 1940s. We acquired the x-ray machine in 1977
and seemingly no one in our organization thought about the hazards
associated with items of this nature. It has been in storage for a very
long time (perhaps even the entire time we have had it) but now we must
vacate our storage facility.

I have been trying for some months to identify a disposal method for the
machine with no success. Our municipal waste disposal won't touch it, GFL
couldn't dispose of it, and another company I reached out to won't call me
back.

Has anyone else dealt with an issue like this? I would greatly
appreciate hearing about others experiences - and better yet, any advice on
how we can properly dispose of the thing!

Thank you very much,
Petra Höller
-- 
Petra Höller (*They/She)*
Curator
Summerland Museum and Archives
(250) 494-9395
*curator@*summerlandmuseum.org <archives at summerlandmuseum.org>
The Summerland Museum and Archives respectfully acknowledges
that we are situated on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Syilx
Peoples.
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