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"A delegation of renewable energy industry leaders and representatives of solar
recycling companies that say they are “on the brink” have gone to Canberra this
week to petition the Albanese government, directly, on the urgent need for a
mandatory national PV reuse and recycling scheme.
The group, led by the Smart Energy Council, will deliver a joint statement
calling for a mandatory solar stewardship scheme to be set up sometime within
this parliamentary term and a funded pilot program, in the interim, to inform
scheme’s design and bolster investment.
The idea is to charge a mandatory stewardship levy on all new solar panels,
whether imported or made in Australia, that would go into a central fund that
would support the infrastructure and logistics needed for the efficient
collection, reuse, and recycling of old panels.
The levy, which would be built in to the panel price, is mostly needed to cover
the heavy cost of transport and logistics – that is, getting panels safely from
their end-of-life location to a recycling facility – which is far greater than
the cost of sending them to a local landfill.
The SEC has estimated that the levy could be set at around $10 per panel – but
stresses the exact amount will be determined by the pilot program. It also
stresses that whatever dollar/panel amount that is landed upon, it will be
considerably cheaper than the up to $50 per panel being charged at some tips."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
