From: epona (acolyta@napc.com)
Date: 04/24/02-12:07:27 PM Z
Hi Bill,
I have always loved that nickname, Great Yellow Father. I had no idea they
considered all their chemistry to be biodegradable.
This is encouraging. I will definitely have to check out Platinum Green.
Thank you for the info.
Cheers,
Christine
William Marsh wrote:
> Christine,
>
> I was told, several years ago, by the Great Yellow Father himself, that
> all basic Kodak silver chemistry is thoroughly biodegradable - most
> within 24 hours. I was worried about the well supplying the farmhouse
> we were living in at the time. It seemed incredible, but they sent me
> literature with the details that made a pretty strong case.
>
> On the other hand, I once destroyed a septic system by using potassium
> oxalate developer for Pt/Pd. Had to dig up the yard to find the tank,
> pump it out, etc. I switched to ammonium citrate after that. Dick
> Sullivan's and Carl Weese' book has a section on "Platinum Green" that
> goes into all this. You might want to look at that.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
>
> epona wrote:
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > What, in all your esteemed opinions, would be the photographic process
> > to leave the least impact on the environment?
> >
> > Hypothetically, say I lived in a hut in the middle of nowhere. I would
> > not, with a clean concience, be able to dump my used chemistry on the
> > ground or in my composting toilet or what have you.
> >
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christine
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
> > It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this
> > emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and
> > stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed."
> > -Albert Einstein
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." -Albert Einstein
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