John Horner wrote:
At some point as digital image capture and non-silver based printing
continues to evolve I think it is reasonable to expect that various
governments will eventually regulate out of existence the use of silver
halide based photographic products. The production and processing of film
and paper is a chemical and water intensive process which inevitably leads
to some degree of real or imagined water pollution.

There is historical precedence in CFCs and mercury.

It seems only a matter of time until a bandwagon builds to first heavily
regulate and then nearly eliminate the medium and methods we have grown used
to.


It's already happening to digital. You'll see it with batteries first. How
long will digital cameras be allowed to use batteries? Then of course every
digital camera is full of heavy metals they'll need to be treat like toxic
waste. Of course home printing of digital images is a serious enviromental
issue. We'll need to regulate home printers to the same standard that
commerical photo labs are. How long can digital continue to get away with
poisoning the enviroment? Don't know but can't be much longer.

Nick