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USA exports used solar panels for disposal in trash dumps 'over there'. The entire lifecycle of electric usage is important and easily overlooked. Be precise w
by landemva 5y ago
USA exports used solar panels for disposal in trash dumps 'over there'. The entire lifecycle of electric usage is important and easily overlooked.
Be precise with legislation. For example, some States forbid landfill of whole tires. This led to collection of per-tire disposal fee and the landfills purchasing new wheel loader to scoop whole tires into new shredder which uses new conveyor to pile up the tire shreds. Wheel loader then scoops shreds and sprinkles the shreds into landfill.
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoIs that a loophole in the law? You can't dispose of tires but if you shred them, they are no longer tires, and you can now dispose of them?
- porlw 5y agoTyres are breeding grounds for mosquitos, shredding them stops this so this law is having the intended effect. https://blog.epa.gov/2015/08/26/improperly-stored-tires-lead-to-big-mosquito-problems/ https://blog.epa.gov/2015/08/26/improperly-stored-tires-lead...
- samus 5y agoAt least they consume way less space that way.