Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick, This comes up all the time. Mix all the chemicals together and down the drain. Your wash water will dilute the chemistry so that is no worse than normal household cleaners. The bleach chews up the developer, the fix interacts with the bleach. If you are real concerned, then pull the silver out with steel wool and recycle that. With the exception of California and maybe Mass. That is what the one hour labs do. If they can dump the residue of 200 rolls a day, your ten a month is not going to do anything. Remember, these chemicals are designed to be reactive so they quickly oxidize/reduce to fairly harmless byproducts. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Rick Dykstra Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:21 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] How do you dispose of your darkroom chemicals? I do a little E6 developing from time to time, to keep my eye in. Disposing of the leftover juice is always a hassle. Tipping it down the drain seems like a sin. I've taken it to the refuse/recycling depot whilst dropping off old motor oil (actually, in the old motor oil. Don't use recycled oil in your Ferrari for a while, OK?) I suppose I could take it back to the photo store where I bought it, in milk bottles, and say, "Here, you deal with it". What do you do? Down the sink? Over the fence? Into the water for next door's Rottweiler? name and address withheld. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html