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Northern Daily Leader Letters to the Editor: August 11, 2020

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August 11 2020 - 5:30am
Letters to the editor: Recycling solar panels; Flooded roads; Secure water quality; Deaths in custody; Managing water resources
Letters to the editor: Recycling solar panels; Flooded roads; Secure water quality; Deaths in custody; Managing water resources

Recycling solar panels

W. L. Weakley is right that solar panels and wind turbines need to be part of the circular economy ("Planet of the Humans", 7 Aug). But the same argument can be applied to everything we buy and consume. Renewables are no different. In many respects they are better. While many Australians will purchase 5-10 cars in 20 years, they will only purchase one set of solar panels in that time. Recycling streams already exist for glass and aluminium, the main components of solar panels.

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