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Operation
Handling Photochemicals
Legal Regulations
The machine is subject to the legal regulations
about water:
− Photochemicals are not allowed to be drained
into the public sewage system.
− It must be checked whether residual
substances can be avoided, reduced or
recycled.
− All photographic solutions as well as plastic
containers holding harmful residues are
considered to be special waste.
− When storing spent processing solutions, it
must be made sure that no waters are polluted,
e.g. by unintentional leakage.
The regulations about the handling and correct
disposal of chemistry are different in each country.
Information about the regulations in force can be
obtained from:
− The country's authorities in charge
− The nearest Agfa subsidiary
Disposal
Spent Processing Solutions
The processing solutions in use are usually only
slightly water polluting (Water pollution class 1).
For this reason, these solutions can be stored in
commercial containers for photochemicals until
their final disposal.
For larger tanks, a conformity certificate is usually
required.
Liquid Residues
All solutions that cannot be reused or that do not
contain recyclable substances are to be disposed
of as special waste.
Argentiferous solutions, in contrast, are liquid
residual substances that can be used for silver
recovery. For this reason, they should be collected
separately from other solutions.
AGFA d-lab.3
2003-06-01 /PN 9008
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