Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: How to dispose of darkroom chemicals in the septic system
From: "Glen M. Robinson" <gmrobinson@imation.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:58:57 -0500
 
Andrew Morang <morang@magnolia.net> on 10/22/98 10:13:25 PM


Leon,

If you are developing b&w film and papers, just send the liquids out into
the lawn.  As long as thay are diluted with a lot of water, they won't hurt
anything.



I also live in the country and have a septic tank and drainfield.  I mix
used developer into the stop bath and throw the mixture out in my woods and
take my used fixer to my research laboratory where there is a silver
recoverer.  I understand that mini photolabs will take used fixer.  I feel
it is a bad idea to flush these chemicals into a septic system.

Glen Robinson