> -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" > Subject: Disposal of used chemicals > > > > What's the current consensus on disposing of used > chemicals - developer, > > fix, stop bath? Seems like just flushing them down the drain is > > considered inappropriate in some areas. > > Depends completely on where you live. > Where I am, developers and bleach are allowed into the > sewer system as they > come out of the machine. Silver bearing solutions must be > desilvered, at > which point they are allowed into the sewer system. > This applies to industrial users. Home hobbiests are considered > statistically insignificant enough that they are not > bothered with any > restrictions. > People are weird about photo chemistry. > Black and white chemicals are pretty innocuous. Your > laundry room probably > pollutes far worse than your darkroom, and if you happen to > be taking > antibiotics, your pee is worse than what comes out of your darkroom.
This is the conclusion I came to after doing some research. If you do a google search you'll come up with some interesting info. tv
