Public
- Public
- Network
- Groups
- Featured
- Popular
- People

Conversation

Notices

Embed this notice
Gernot Wagner (gwagner@fediscience.org)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2023 21:52:02 JST Gernot Wagner

Put me down on the side of more PV module waste, less of everything else
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02230-0
#climate #sustainability
In conversation Friday, 13-Oct-2023 21:52:02 JST from fediscience.org permalink
Attachments
1. We compare best-case and worst-case scenario PV module waste estimates4 to municipal waste17, coal ash6, plastic waste18, e-waste19 and cumulative oily sludge from crude oil production20 (assuming constant annual waste generation at present rates) in million metric tons. Best-case scenario represents long-lived, high-quality modules, whereas the worst-case scenario represents regular-quality modules with below average lifetimes21
  https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/111/227/749/282/751/764/original/2a7d4dbb5d4bb100.png
2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: media.springernature.com
  
  Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic module toxicity and waste are slowing decarbonization - Nature Physics
  
  from Barnes, Teresa M.
  
  Unsubstantiated claims that fuel growing public concern over the toxicity of photovoltaic modules and their waste are slowing their deployment. Clarifying these issues will help to facilitate the decarbonization that our world depends on.

Feeds