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Dean Kollet
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 591
From: Florida State University
Registered: Jul 2003

posted 02-18-2005 06:50 PM

I wouldn't worry too much Frank, but careful...they shut down the Ghostbusters and all hell broke loose in Manhattan

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Dominic Case
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 131
From: Sydney NSW Australia
Registered: Aug 2003

posted 02-21-2005 08:55 PM

[QUOTE] Film, and silver, is not a hazardous item. The process that at one time was used to reclaim the silver from old motion picture film used many extremely hazardous chemicals, which is where your confusion is coming from. /QUOTE]
The only silver in colour film is in the soundtrack (of course you won't need to worry about cyan tracks). As long as it remains in the soundtrack and you aren't planning to dump the film, there is no environmental hazard (any more than there is in wearing silver jewellery). But the silver itself is counted as a hazard if it goes down the drain or is dumped as landfill.

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Alexander Smith
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 128
From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 02-22-2005 12:21 PM

Reference John Pytlak's post about re-cycling junk film:

Are there any organisations in the UK who accept waste
film? From heads/feet of trailers and e.t.c.

Ideally, I'd just like to be able to send them a box of
old film on an irregular basis.

Alex.

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Carl Martin
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1424
From: Oakland, CA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 02-22-2005 04:41 PM

the best way to recycle trailer heads/tails is to stick them back on the trailers whence they came when you're done running them. then if you save the trailer it's protected and if you toss the trailer, well, you're back to your original question.

carl

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Alexander Smith
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 128
From: Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 02-25-2005 03:31 PM

If there were even the smallest chance a trailer might
be re-used we would. The vast majority of trailers we
show seem to have an indication of when the film being
advertised is released ("Coming March 2005" as an example).

Once America, Canada, the UK and Australia have had the
film released, there are not many English-speaking
territories left where the trailer might be re-used.

Alex.

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Mitchell Dvoskin
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1869
From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 04-27-2005 02:39 PM

Well, what happened. Is your booth a new Superfund Cleanup site?

[Smile]

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Monte L Fullmer
Film God

Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 04-28-2005 03:40 AM

..yea-send your old trailers back in the cans, especially since most cans have that empty space where a reel should be (unless you hit a can with one of those "reel filler doo-dads" from TECH, even then, plop a few around that "reel"..), and let the depots take care of them.

-Monte

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 04-28-2005 11:07 AM

Kodak FPC Film Salvage recycles billions of feet of old film annually:

http://www.fpchollywood.com/fscsalvage.html

quote:
Since the 1950’s, the Film Salvage Company (FSC) has provided anti-piracy support to the motion picture film industry through the secured destruction and environmental disposal of used motion picture film.

Approximately 20 million pounds of film are destroyed and recycled annually, and in March of 2000, FSC was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its recycling program.

FSC is a division of FPC, Inc., which happens to be a subsidiary of the Eastman Kodak Motion Picture Group. We are located in Hollywood, California; Mountain City, Tennessee; and Milan, Italy.

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/hse/recycleInCam1-02.jhtml?id=0.1.4.5.18.4&lc=en

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Through our subsidiary, FPC, we also help distributors and major studios manage film waste. FPC recycles 18 million pounds of used film prints worldwide into new materials each year. This is a win-win situation: the environment benefits as materials are diverted from landfills and our industry benefits as the risk of piracy is reduced.

This has been a fabulously successful program, but now we have taken it a step further. We designed an initiative for independent producers to recycle film prints and other unneeded film stock in the United States. This past summer, we installed film collection barrels in our Hollywood and New York offices. These barrels provide a straightforward way for independent and student producers to dispose of unneeded film and motion picture accessories (cans, cores, reels, spools, etc.) responsibly. All our customers have to do is bring along any used stock they wish to discard when they come to purchase new film.

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Frank Angel
Film God

Posts: 5305
From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 04-29-2005 05:09 AM

We passed our EPA inspection with only a single violation that were some old paint in a locked closet that we never use. We were as surprised as the inspectors were. They only gave a minimum nominal fine and warning. They didn't seem to even blink at all the film in our archive room. So I conclude that film is safe. Used flourscent light tubes, on the other hand, gives them a kinipshin fit.

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 04-29-2005 05:39 AM

Used fluorescent tubes may contain small amounts of mercury, and must be disposed of properly.

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 04-29-2005 09:49 AM

Yeah, bury them! Or, if you have a good high-pressure air supply, make a "rocket launcher" and shoot the tubes for fun and excitement. Then again, there is always xenon lamp juggling!

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