23/06/2022
CHEMICAL COLLECTION DAY
All photo labs have waste chemistry and a legal duty to dispose of it correctly.
Ours is collected by an approved Hazardous Waste carrier for treatment. This goes through a recovery system to remove the harmful silver from it before disposal.
Untreated photographic chemistry should never be poured down a drain to enter the waste water system as the silver deposits would be absorbed into the ground and go into fresh water, potentially harming plant and wildlife.
Recovering the silver from used photographic chemistry not only produces a product that can be recycled and reused, it also helps protect the environment!