From: epona (acolyta@napc.com)
Date: 04/24/02-12:41:05 PM Z
Hi Keith,
I guess I need to do research on city sewage systems. I am guilty of assuming
that if all the photo labs I've been in just dump stuff down the drain, then
it must be getting cleaned up somewhere by somebody. I am encouraged by
Bill's post about the GYF saying their chemistry is biodegradable. Can you
tell me where I can find information on the methods of neutralizing waste
products? I am particularly interested in sodium sulfate, gold chloride, and
ammonium thiocyanate at the moment. Since sodium tetraborate is common borax,
I am assuming that's okay to dump?
Maybe I should start clearing my Polaroids in Coca-Cola.
Many thanks,
Christine
Keith Gerling wrote:
> Christine,
>
> The digital route is very environmentally friendly, as long as you use
> rechargeable batteries.
>
> As for your concerns about the clean-conscience dumping of chemistry into
> the middle of nowhere, I fail to see how that is any different than dumping
> it into a city sewage system: your waste winds up in the environment
> anyway - with the advantage that its eventual resting place will be further
> away from where you live, breath, and drink.
>
> With some degree of expense and inconvenience, users of silver and
> dichromate-based processes have at their disposal methods that can be used
> to reclaim or neutralize the waste products. I've always felt that
> cyanotype was the friendliest of the chemical processes. And then there's
> always anthotype...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acolyta@www.napc.com [mailto:acolyta@www.napc.com]On Behalf Of
> epona
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:14 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
> Subject: environmental question
>
> 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
>
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> -Albert Einstein
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