Australian Politics Forum - Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels?

Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 41814	Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels? Jul 8^th, 2024 at 3:23pm What REALLY happens to used Solar Panels?
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49003 At my desk.	Re: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels? Reply #1 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 3:52pm Quote: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels? Mindless cheerleaders for the coalition.
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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 972 Gender:	Re: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels? Reply #2 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 3:54pm Wow! Well that's it than! All Australia problem solved by two Americans in bumnowhere Texas Fantastic! I hope you sent the link to Albo? I'm sure he will be all over it!
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17572 Gender:	Re: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels? Reply #3 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 4:45pm UI design - User Interface design UX design - User Experience design So basically a software designer.
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Re: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels?
Reply #4 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 5:26pm

It has been shown it's cheaper to throw them away compared to recycling them.

Take our minimum wage over $24 per hour not including super holiday and sick pay or workers comp premium.
The labor costs make it very expensive.

Take glass out
dismantle alloy frame
Remove copper wires stack up solar cells.
How many will 1 person do in a day?

They're starting to pile up we will have billions to recycle get cracking.

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Reply #5 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 6:04pm

Bian needs send this you tube blog of two nobody's solving all Australia energy problems STAT!!

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Thomas A. Edison said as early as in 1931, “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

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Re: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels?
Reply #6 - Jul 8^th, 2024 at 7:35pm

Of course, solar panels can be recycled.

The problem is it is not economic. It is another way for people to get free money from the government and still burden society with waste to dispose of.

Recycling a solar panel probably costs 10x the ex-factory price of a new Solar panel.

If any activity was economically viable it would happen without government intervention and free money.

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16587 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Who claims you cannot recycle Solar Panels? Reply #7 - Jul 9^th, 2024 at 6:21pm Brian Ross wrote on Jul 8^th, 2024 at 3:23pm: What REALLY happens to used Solar Panels? Not what you posted. It's barely a test facility. Now what really happens, your ABC tells us Rooftop solar produces clean energy but most panels end up in landfill despite being recyclable
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Reply #8 - Jul 9^th, 2024 at 6:33pm

They certainly do, the energy required to extract the recyclable parts actually cost more to the environment than just dumping them I'm told by a recycling business owner.

It's simply not cost effective.

I'm interested in the ho ha about these products.

My Home has a solar heart system on the roof that must be in it's third decade and still working well.

Are the new products now so completely crap you need to plan to junk them within five years?

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Thomas A. Edison said as early as in 1931, “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

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Reply #9 - Jul 9^th, 2024 at 6:39pm

Daves2017 wrote on Jul 9^th, 2024 at 6:33pm:

They certainly do, the energy required to extract the recyclable parts actually cost more to the environment than just dumping them I'm told by a recycling business owner.

It's simply not cost effective.

I'm interested in the ho ha about these products.

My Home has a solar heart system on the roof that must be in it's third decade and still working well.

Are the new products now so completely crap you need to plan to junk them within five years?

Much like we can recycle plastic into oil... but we don't. There is a reason for that.

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