"Ralph W. Lambrecht" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Nicholas,
Are you really suggesting that it is better for the environment to
dump my chemicals drown the drain and pollute the water supply,
despite the fact that waste management picks it up for free?
No, I'm quite beyond that. I've been a card-carrying registered
tree hugger since 1967, attended the first Earth Day conference
in the US in 1970(?), etc., etc.. I am not a stick-in-the-mud
or a Luddite, far from it.
It is a matter of priority and where money is best spent.
I am suggesting that the haz-mat facilities concentrate their
limited and valuable resources on detoxing what is truly hazardous,
and not spend their time assuaging guilt by detoxifying the non-
toxic. Compared to the piss and shit getting flushed down the
toilet, developer - mineral salt and boiled tree bark extract is
about what it amounts to - is like fresh rainwater.
If it were really poisonous - made from Methyl Mercury or some
such - I would be the first in line not just calling the haz-mat
truck but giving up photography all together.
In San Francisco we have a phenomena of people buying $35 carbon-
offset certificates and then go driving monster SUV's, claiming
that since they bought the certificate their SUV is now non-
polluting. These people have simply purchased an indulgence:
permission to commit sin with the promise of avoiding Hell's fire.
And, Ralph, you have to know that nothing comes for free --
you are paying for that waste pickup with tax money. It would
be better if haz-mat was charged separately and have it clearly
spelled out what _has_ to be treated, not leaving it up to whim.
The developer, if poisonous, should have a surcharge added to
it to pay for recycling and a mandatory requirement to recycle
should be prominently placed on the package. I believe the EU has
such a policy regarding electronics and automobiles.
So, yes, I am suggesting that flushing used developer is _less
polluting_ than haz-mat disposal. Haz-mat disposal creates
pollution by its very operation; is the pollution it creates
detoxing developer greater than the pollution of the developer
itself - I believe it is.
Nicholas O. Lindan
Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio 44121
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