From: Scott Loveless
On 3/13/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's really no good reason people should tell someone else to be
> irresponsible regarding the environment.
No one's being irresponsible. There is no evidence anywhere from
anyone that J. Random Photographer dumping a gallon of fixer down the
drain every few months does any more damage to the environment or
treatment plant than the chemicals you use to clean your bath tub. Or
latex paint. Or mineral spirits. Or anything else that's commonly
dumped down the drain. It's knee-jerking, over-reacting nonsense.
Except that in many places, and a growing number of places at that, it
*IS* against the law to dump chemicals, oil, latex paint, mineral
spirits or raw used fixer down the drain.
I'm pretty sure Marnie is in California, where it's even against the law
to dump processed, de-silvered fixer into the drains.
That it may do no more damage is irrelevant. If it does as much damage
that's a problem in itself.
It may be "knee-jerking, over-reacting nonsense", but in many
jurisdictions, when it shows up in the sewage treatment facility, they
will attempt to trace it back to the source, and if they catch you,
you're going to pay a whopping fine at the very least.
But - do your own thing.
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