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‘Sustainability without compromise’

With such small volumes of products at end of life, it is little wonder that recycling materials from PV modules for new PV modules is far from central on the solar industry’s agenda. But according to Steven Davies, a market manager for DuPont Teijin Films, recycled PET can be incorporated into backsheets – giving them a pretty handy 25-year second life.

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Jonathan Gifford

15 Jun 2020

Image: DuPont/ Teijin Films

I think DuPont Photovoltaic and Fluoromaterials is well known to the PV industry, but less so DuPont Teijin Films. Can you give me a quick introduction?The company is a 50/50 joint venture between the DuPont you know and Teijin from Japan. We make polyester films or PET. We invented that polymer in the 1940s and …

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