Thanks Scott!
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:15:12 -0400 > From: klu...@panix.com > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Storing E-6 and D-19 > > The B&W is not too bad. > > The stop bath can be mixed with the developer and you can verify that it's > fairly pH neutral. This can be dumped down most drains safely. You can drink > it if you want, but the sulfite makes it taste like rotten eggs. > > The fixer is worth money. It's toxic because it's full of silver, and silver > is worth more than $30/oz. right now. Don't discard it, sell it. > > Clearing bath is just sulfite, it can be dumped down the drain. > > The bleach is a real problem, and how much of a problem it is depends on > what kind of bleach it is. There are at least three bleach chemistries > historically and the nastiest of the three (ferricyanide, which really isn't > as nasty as it sounds) is mostly gone now. Again, though, as it becomes > exhausted, it becomes full of valuable silver. > > I live in Virginia on the edge of the Chesapeake watershed and so we have a > whole lot of additional regulations about chemical disposal, but talking to > the city waste water guys, they don't mind anything but the fixer and bleach, > and they are okay even with those if they are diluted sufficiently. > > Color processes vary a lot on what is in them, but again Kodak will send you > a nifty little brochure on chemical disposal courtesy of the nice people in > department 412-L. > --scott > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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