Which resource used to be greatly consumed by the photo processing industry before the age of digital photography?

oil

silver

cadmium

zinc

Photography used 31% of the silver consumed in 1998. By 2010, it dropped to 7%.

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Answers by country

the Netherlands

71%

14%

Greece

62%

18%

12%

Germany

55%

37%

France

53%

15%

23%

India

50%

28%

11%

798

Australia

50%

24%

17%

Poland

48%

30%

12%

11533

Malaysia

48%

34%

12%

the United Kingdom

47%

24%

19%

289

Unknown

47%

28%

15%

Singapore

10%

46%

28%

14%

Nigeria

44%

32%

12%

Pakistan

15%

43%

22%

17%

103

Romania

42%

35%

14%

the United States

11%

40%

31%

16%

881

Canada

37%

29%

Sri Lanka

35%

14%

Indonesia

28%

14%

the United Arab Emirates

22%

27%

22%

the Philippines

16%

24%

38%

21%

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sepia process was cheaper than black and white

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