When one considers that the major cost of manufacturing paper and film is not the silver, one wonders if the silver recovered is worth the cost of recovering it. At least, this one does. You could weigh several sheets of dry paper, bleach, fix and dry it and weigh it again to see how much difference the silver could have made. You might find out that the cheapest thing you can do with the ruined paper, if you are worried about the effect on the environment of just pitching it, is piitching it at a hazardous waste dump. If it is fiber-based paper, you could remove the emulsion with chlorine bleach and use the paper for other art purposes. I think the paper is worth more than the silver on it. Just a thought.
__________________
Gadget Gainer
|