Mandatory takeback and recycling laws can help stop sham recycling

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March 10, 2010
Take action on a new campaign

A new international campaign is calling on Samsung to accept responsibility for the deaths of workers who suffered from occupational cancer. Learn more.

March 9, 2010
Media Update: SVTC cited in Business Ethics Magazine

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March 2, 2010
SVTC’s Top Ten: 
Why Solar Companies Must Take Back & Responsibly Recycle

Developing panel recycling infrastructure to create jobs.

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February 24, 2010
SVTC’s Top Ten: 
Why Solar Companies Must Take Back & Responsibly Recycle

Manufacturers that take responsibility for their products will retain consumers’ confidence.

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February 17, 2010
SVTC’s Top Ten: 
Why Solar Companies Must Take Back & Responsibly Recycle

Without a mandatory takeback program, companies who want to recycle their panels won’t be able to justify recycling investments to shareholders or stakeholders if there is no legal requirement for recycling.

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February 11, 2010
SVTC’s Top Ten: 
Why Solar Companies Must Take Back & Responsibly Recycle

If the solar industry doesn’t take proactive steps to develop and support a federal law on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), they will most likely be at the mercy of a patchwork of different laws enacted at the state and local levels.

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February 5, 2010
SVTC’s Top Ten:
Why Solar Companies Must Take Back & Responsibly Recycle

Right now, recycling solar panels isn’t profitable. Maybe it won’t be tomorrow, or the next day, but it will surely remain inefficient and costly in twenty years if laws aren’t passed  requiring solar companies to invest in recycling systems.

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February 5, 2010
SVTC’s Top Ten:
Why Solar Companies Must Take Back & Responsibly Recycle

Without mandatory laws for recycling, the companies that invest in recycling will give a “free ride” to those companies that do not set up programs.

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Green Jobs Platform for Solar Launched

Following January’s release of Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Industry, SVTC has launched our Solar Campaign and released the "Green Jobs Platform for Solar" supporting jobs that protect both the environment and workers.



SVTC Solar Energy Report:
Toward a Just and Sustainable Solar Energy Industry

In January 2009, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) released our report documenting and analyzing the environmental and health hazards of solar panel systems in a supposed "win-win" solution to global warming. Read the report for more information about the health and safety concerns as well as recommendations for building a just and sustainable solar energy industry.

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