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October 1, 2009
Brussels,
Belgium: PV CYCLE Members to Initiate PV Module Take-back and
Recycling Program
The
members of PV CYCLE agreed at their Extraordinary General Assembly,
held in Hamburg last week, to initiate photovoltaic module take-back
and recycling in 2010. PV CYCLE Members approved the 2010 operating
budget, new statutes and by-laws to fund and implement a take-back
and recycling program for end-of-life PV modules.
“The
overwhelming endorsement of the 2010 operating budget, new statutes
and by-laws by the Members of PV CYCLE represents a key milestone
in implementing the photovoltaic (PV) industry’s voluntary commitment
to collect and recycle modules at end-of-life” stated Karsten
Wambach, PV CYCLE’s President. “The PV industry is committed to
be “double green” by not only providing clean and renewable energy
to address climate change but also to ensure that the solutions
to climate change today don’t pose a waste management issue for
future generations.”
Jan Clyncke, Managing Director of PV CYCLE, stated: “The actions
taken today are a significant milestone toward the implementation
of a voluntary take-back and recycling program for the PV industry.
Such an agreement will represent for the first time that an industry
sector in Europe has organised itself on a voluntary basis to
ensure collection and recycling of its products at end-of-life.
I am extremely pleased to lead an industry organization with such
foresight and commitment to ‘Making the photovoltaic industry
DoubleGreen.’”
PV
CYCLE will be issuing requests for tender for both collection
and recycling services in advance of its 2010 implementation.
Further details about: PV CYCLE
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