Re: Environmental Impact

Political Response to Andersen's comment: We have no future on this planet.

Posture: I don't know what goes on in my own sink. Brett Weston used to
toss his chemicals off his deck, and to this day, the hill upon where his
house sits is still there, plants flourish, and the neighbors have
successfully reporduced humans with five fingers and toes, etc.

Now, on the other side of the hill . . . those green people with tails . .
.

Steve Shapiro
----- Original Message -----
From: "T. E. Andersen" <postlister@microscopica.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: Environmental Impact

> Bob Maxey wrote:
>> >>>Certainly we all need to consider the "lifecycle" of all that we do.
>> But
>> what is "a responsible recycling facility"?? In Saskatoon, about all
>> that I
>> know of is silver recovery from the fixer. I am sure I am not atypical
>> in
>> having a veritable storehouse of chemicals in my darkroom. In an ideal
>> world, each one would need a separate disposable program to make the
>> chemical acceptably benign to the environment. What are these other
>> facilities??
>
> This may be regarded as a political statement, but I still think it is
> relevant to this topic;
>
> If "responsible recycling facilities" are not to be found, I strongly
> suggest trying to influence your local politicians to change that very
> unfortunate situation. For most (or at least many) chemicals, the
> technology is there, and there is really no excuse for not using it (in
> particular in extremely rich countries like the US and here in Norway). I
> spend my working days dealing with consequences of pollution. I strongly
> believe that unless everyone of us takes responsibility, at the very least
> for what goes into ones own sink, we will have no future on this planet.
> The problem is the sum of all the minor releases of contaminants.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tom Einar
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 8 08:57:37 2005