Recycling of Solar Products

Introduction of solar products to local markets has to provide approaches for recycling, especially concerning mass production. Currently are only few options to handle used solar products. Since solar products consist mainly of some electronics and the battery, the latter is the first component which has to be replaced after a few years. No matter which material the battery contains, none of these should be placed in the environment. This draws the attention to two important aspects: consumer awareness and recycling of material.

As studies already proven, users mainly do not worry about environmental impacts. Thus, due to living circumstances exist only little awareness of environmental protection or climate change. Additionally, if people are not used to the usage of batteries, they are not informed about possible hazardous consequences. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the topic of creating awareness among people already during the introduction phase.

Furthermore, waste disposal for batteries and recycling facilities should be provided within the countries. Few recycling facilities already exist, but there remain a lot of difficulties, which have to be faced, such as untrained employees, unknown factories, inappropriate recycling measures (concerning recycling quality and worker's health).

• Recycling of PV batteries

This article informs about the measures of recycling concering PV batteries, including technical steps, metallurgical aspects and environmental considerations.

• Recycling of PicoPV Systems

In this article specific considerations of recycling of PicoPV systems and already existing facilities are discussed.

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Amazing Fact About Corn or soy Products or Byproducts

Unless they’re organic, nearly all corn or soy products or byproducts on the U.S. market are genetically modified and may place your health at risk.

 

 More than 90 percent of all soybeans grown in the United States are genetically modified (GM) for herbicide resistance and are consequently sprayed with massive quantities of those toxic chemicals. Fully 85 percent of all corn grown in the country is also genetically engineered, either for herbicide resistance or to produce pesticides within its tissues. 

 

Since farmers sell their corn and soy to large distributors who mix the product together for processing, this essentially means that 100 percent of nonorganic corn and soy products on the U.S. market are GM. And since soy and corn derivatives are so ubiquitous in packaged food, the Grocery Manufacturers of America has estimated that as much as 80 percent of processed food on U.S. shelves contains GM ingredients.

 
GM crops are simply unsafe. They expose people to novel and potentially dangerous allergens and to higher levels of pesticides. Animals grazing on GM crops have died from ruptured internal organs. Yet this is the type of food making up 80 percent of packaged food today, and the only way to avoid it is to buy organic food or grow your own.

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