Abstract: An improved practical and highly efficient electrolytic method for concurrently recovering silver from photographic bleach-fix solutions which contain iron, and regenerating the bleach-fix for reuse. A substantial improvement in current efficiency at low current densities is realized by a combination of (a) adding a reductant such as sodium dithionite before electrolysis, as a reducing agent for ferric ions in the bleach-fix solution, (b) maintaining a non-oxidizing atmosphere in the cell, and (c) providing either a cation permeable membrane or a porous alundum membrane between the electrolytic cell anode and cathode, to separate a first pool of bleach-fix catholyte from a second pool of a different salt solution such as sodium carbonate as anolyte.