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Sylvia Evans

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Amen
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I do apologise to anyone else on the forum for getting angry and being so out spoken . 

Colin Berwick

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Fine by me Dixie. May I request that we see this in perspective? I use watercolour, so no solvents here. What volume of hazardous waste are we talking about? A teaspoon? A litre? A gram or a kilo? How does that compare with the amount of unrecyclable plastic packaging we ALL have to dispose of every day?  We all agree that pollution is a serious matter, but for the most part, solving it is simply out of our hands.

Denise Cat

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I think when someone is questioning a person and pressing for answer, it can look a bit like bullying and in my personal opinion, when I have read the communications, this is what it looked like. I wouldn't acknowledge anyone who wrote something like that to me, I have know doubt Fiona, you have the capability, knowledge, ethicality of hazardous waste disposal and are aware of your health and environment, without being questioned about it.

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Alan Bickley

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I do my bit the best that I’m able or know how regarding disposal of materials. But I don’t have the time or frankly the desire to spend endless hours concerning myself about what pigment I’m using, or where its come from. I rely on companies such as Winsor & Newton to supply me with quality products that have been responsibly sourced… I have to take their word for it! And I like cadmium paint and will continue to use it until it’s no longer available - that goes for lead white also PW1. 

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Sylvia Evans

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I deleated  my post as I was cross…and me cross is a force.

Sylvia Evans

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Actually most of us have been painting for many years… both healthily , with consideration and some modicum of intelligence .   Curiously I don’t see any of your work around.  

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Helen Martell

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Having learned recently that my local council incinerate a lot of what I religiously recycle in their separate bins, I'm not so concerned about my (acrylic) paint encrusted rags going in the non-recycle bin! 

Colin Berwick

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Looks like she's gone. All posts deleted!
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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That’s rather sad , I would like to have seen some paintings and more about paper making etc . I’m sure that it would have been interesting to see paintings on home made paper . Me and my bluntness does  it again sorry folks . 

Sylvia Evans

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Paul you said what several of us were also thinking.  

Colin Berwick

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Sylvia beat me to it - almost verbatim. Incidentally, I've tried making small pieces of paper from odds and ends of watercolour paper. Quite simple to do, but took ages to dry. Also, the water used to turn it into pulp tends to wash away most of the size, making the finished paper very absorbent.
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