Hello everyone. I moved to a new state where the weather is much colder than my previous home. I have the opportunity to build a new darkroom here but I have a few challenges and would love to hear your feedback. I have moved to a very remote small town. I have called city hall to find out how I can dispose of chemistry but they don't have any answers for me. This is my biggest issue, before I get started I need to understand how to properly dispose of darkroom chemistry. I use pyrocat in glycol as one of my main developers. I also use d76 and all the other basic kodak chems.
The biggest concern for me is that we are on a well and I can not risk contaminating our drinking water. I have been told by many people (please don't kill the messenger) that dumping chems is largely benign and that most darkroom chemicals are basically fertilizer. Please understand that I am not condoning this and I am doing every research possible to do this the right way for myself and the environment. However, if true that once used chemistry loses it's toxicity to a large degree is it safe to dump into a septic tank system or similar?
I moved from a big city where I could have chems picked up or I could bring them to a facility myself but I don't have that luxury anymore. My small town does not have the ability to dispose of these chemicals and I am not sure where else to look. Any help is appreciated.
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