RE: Environmental Impact

I need to add that I have to deliver the waste to a pickup center for
the household. It happens twice a year.

-Darryl

-----Original Message-----
From: Baird, Darryl [mailto:dbaird@umflint.edu]
Sent: Fri 4/8/2005 10:21 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: Environmental Impact
 
I handle waste both for my university and my own darkroom is a similar
fashion. We have a professional service which conducts hazardous waste
disposal, both as a paid service (university) at in the local
community (household) for free. This also includes paint, batteries,
and other hazardous waste. This does require me to store spent
chemistry in my basement. I still dump my home fix down the drain...
it is well below the allowed volume, but I keep the dichromates and a
few other nasties in double plastic freezer bags until a scheduled
household pickup.

-Darryl

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Retzlaff [mailto:rretzlaff@shaw.ca]
Sent: Fri 4/8/2005 10:13 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: RE: Environmental Impact
 
This brings us again to the point of my question - What do people
(professional and amateur) do to properly dispose of chemicals? I
mean,
exactly what facilities do you you use (I am talking about specifics
here)
for the varoius chemicals used? Does this mean that nothing goes down
your
drain?? I would like to know what I am missing in terms of facilities
that
may be available.

Richard Retzlaff