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UP: Solar recycling’s glass ceiling and other problems

The insolvency of a major Australian solar recycler has highlighted the complexity of remodeling a linear-thinking industry and society into a circular one, reports pv magazine Australia’s Bella Peacock.

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Bella Peacock

09 Jun 2023

Modules going to landfill pose a challenge to the PV industry. | Photo: LG

At the end of 2022, Reclaim PV, one of Australia’s most recognized solar panel recyclers, went broke. Clive Fleming, its founder, said Reclaim PV’s income streams dried up just as the three-year lease at its Brisbane warehouse came to an end. The facility contained between 50,000 and 100,000 panels, of which a percentage were cadmium …

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