[Frameworks] Storing E-6 and D-19

[Bill Basquin]

I don't know where you live, but here in San Francisco, the local transfer station/Dump has a hazardous materials disposal area and they accept all manner of photo chemicals. I know that silver reclamation is part of their program there.

The hazardous materials area is open on alternating days, so check the Recology website first to ensure that they will be open when you go there.

--Bill Basquin
San Francisco

-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com>
>Sent: Apr 19, 2012 12:00 PM
>To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Storing E-6 and D-19
>
>> I use anything from 1-4 liter kit of tetenal's E-6 developer a month. After
>>  looking on some forums it appeared that it was ok at dispose of E-6 down t
>> he drain. However I was recently on a course in London and the lecturer tol
>> d me it was worth finding out for certain what was in the E-6 before dumpin
>> g it. So now I've started storing that until I find out. 
>
>I wouldn't worry about quantities that low.  If you're living in a small town
>where a couple thousand people share a small waste treatment plant, you might
>want to call and see... but that's not really enough to worry about especially
>if you're not dumping it all at once.
>
>> Would it be worth while investing in a silver recovery system? I have absol
>> utely no idea how much they are or what they even look like. Forgive my ign
>> orance.
>
>Probably not worth it with such low volumes, but if you live in an urban
>area you can probably get someone to pick the stuff up for you.
>
>http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/environmental/silver_recovery.shtml
>
>Also if you have a local print shop or T-shirt screening shop, they may have
>a recovery system and would be willing to pay you for your old hypo and
>bleach.
>--scott
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