Silver recovery using steel wool

hi guys. I have a PH meter and was hoping to get advice on silver recovery using the steel wool method. we already have one right now that we pay to have swapped out every year but I'm interested in doing the whole process myself.

is anyone here an expert on the matter?

if so, any tips on how to prepare a new set of steelwool, and how to test the PH and how to actually do the recovery would be helpful.

How much silver is there in the film that you process, on an annual basis?
The short & sweet answer is that at the scale of a small lab or a home user, it's not economical to do silver recovery.