Recycling e-waste - Good for business and the environment | DW Documentary

[@MrChillerNo1]

the right to repair is important in recycling. Keep that in mind when corporations push to outlaw it. Reparablity is counter big biz, since it elongates the time an item is used, and thus also the time until a new one is purchased. Recycling and repair are essential to sustainability.

[@co-jt6gd]

Well said.

[@richardj.chaparrosr.9810]

👌🏼👍🏼🙂💯💯💯

[@zen1647]

100%

[@PraetorianAU]

Good luck with that in corporate America where the all mighty dollar rules all. Right to repair shouldn't even be a thing being discussed but this is how far gone you guys are in the US. To you it may seem normal, to the rest of us, it's insanity.

[@co-jt6gd]

@@PraetorianAU Believe me, being American myself, I know the right to repair should be normal, but big tech companies just want money from impulsive (often younger) consumers rather than serve their people!

[@jedics1]

Meanwhile most balcony apartments prevent installing solar panels because aesthetics and strata regulations.....

[@guilleport]

Unfortunately 😢

[@KuntalGhosh]

i am hobbyist from India and make lots of random electronics project. i purchase all the expensive parts for projects from scrap dealers. like igbt , mosfets , chips ,ic's , large bulk capacitors , precision resistors. and they are 10x cheaper than buying a new part with similar specs , and for hobby project that would be dismantled in a month or two i save a lot of money from going used and do not need to cry when things explode.

[@kenduilagunas3440]

The documentary is very interesting because it mentions the importance of recycling technological waste, which is what pollutes the most and the programs that help recycling are super interesting to me to make them known around the world.

[@tristanboyle4450]

DW consistently hits relevant issues and really helps me understand a whole wold i'm not able to be exposed to with other sources.

[@MrChillerNo1]

Try also "Democracy Now" and "Beau of the fifth column" (comentary/context).

[@tristanboyle4450]

@@MrChillerNo1 cheers

[@MrChillerNo1]

@@tristanboyle4450 You're welcome. Part of my daily routine Democracy now's Headlines (~10min), and all the beau's of the day (~30min.) If Im interested in specifics (interviews, focus points) DW and Democracy now. Granted they all are more to the left of mainstream, but they all do excellent reports. The choice what to report on is always biased, no matter the news. The important question is: "Does it inform you, or does it inflame you?" These sources inform. Have a good one!

[@thejiseokkim]

Great documentary. It’s great to see good people working to make some difference

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@zen1647]

​@@DWDocumentaryIt's great to have uplifting news periodically!

[@danielacarrenobudar4649]

Thanks to this documentary we get to know more about the Recycling e-waste process and industry. It's crucial to manage our electronic waste responsibly to prevent environmental harm and recover valuable materials. Thanks for highlighting how proper recycling can make a significant difference. I’ll definitely be more mindful about disposing of my old electronics correctly!

[@bobjoe8131]

Framework laptops are also repairable. Even the motherboard can be replaced. They also sell repair parts. If you are so inclined, you can assemble the laptop yourself

[@spicychad55]

are they any good?

[@davidhaugen9966]

Thank you for presenting this hopeful film. It is greatly encouraging to see that the generation which will be alive in the next decades is working to offer the new thinking needed for a better future.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@AQuietNight]

Some companies code parts in cellphones so they can not be interchanged for repairs. The part will fit but a message will appear stating a non-approved replacement was installed (even if it is produced in the same brand factory). This may cause of loss of features.

[@katejudson8907]

Yep. Fairphones are a great alternative for this reason.

[@AnkeshKumar-yv8hm]

I have a deep appreciation for DW Documentary - it's truly captivating! I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to the wonderful DW Team.

[@macbuff81]

The whole point of companies like Apple and others building devices that can't be repaired is so they can sell more. The problem isn't the tech. It's the incentives our economic model provides.

[@gabrieltoledo5554]

This video reallyhighlights a crucial approach to tackling e-waste by repairing devices instead of discarding them. It’s inspiring to see companies recycling solar modules and renting out second-hand smartphones to reduce e-waste and protect our environment. 🌱 As our population grows and energy consumption increases, it’s more important than ever to adopt sustainable practices like these. Reducing e-waste not only conserves resources but also minimizes environmental impact. Let’s support and spread awareness about these initiatives for a greener future! 🌿💚

[@ximenaavendano4189]

The companies in the video that focus on fixing, reusing, and recycling electronic waste connect well with the main idea of "The Limits to Growth." This idea emphasizes the need for a major change towards sustainability to prevent the harmful effects of endless growth on our planet. Expanding these circular economy solutions is crucial for building a more sustainable future.

[@alexlerwill344]

I have never had a laptop I have not fixed… to keep it alive! I have never brought new replacement parts, I have just looked for one that has a fault that has no impact for me such as crack hinges… this is possible on everything but the brands that put software to block it! I 100% support the right to repair! I am surprised companies in lower labour cost nations do not build devices to rival smart home devices from used phones ( think of all the galaxy s4’s out there!) swap the camera for a wide angle camera, design a fashionable box build an app and that’s a home door bell… get contracts to offer recycling of e waste to phone suppliers with a duty to dispose of waste. Something I learned selling used and waste items: refurbish is worth more than used which is worth a lot more than scrap! You just have to find the market or application for which people will buy it!

[@carlossuazo4801]

This documentary provides a timely and compelling look at the critical challenge of e-waste management in the face of rapid global population growth. As the world's population surges, our collective demand for new technology has skyrocketed, leading to a deluge of harmful electronic waste. The film's exploration of innovative efforts to recycle and repurpose old solar panels is particularly insightful. Recycled solar modules can play a vital role in supporting the transition to renewable energy pressing necessity as our energy needs continue to escalate alongside population growth. As the world's population expands, our responsibility to manage electronic waste has never been more urgent.

[@ariadgaia5932]

I love to see news like this! People solving problems! That's the best news in these troubled times~

[@badrinair]

excellent documentary. we need such initiatives for the kids to have a healthy future

[@sidali2590]

Agree

[@mihaiachim5299]

@ 1:52 I can buy the lates generation of solar cells from Trina Solar (425w model) for 120E tax included ... If the traders were less greedy we would all have something to gain... if tou have limited space why waste it with an inferior product? !!!! The place for old generation panels is on desertified fields or where there is plenty of space, where the land is worth nothing so that you can use panels with lower qualities without space constraints…

[@indian9632]

I still use a decade old laptop. Everyone should use their gadgets as long as possible. Try to be a good human being

[@ReginaJune]

7:35 so there’s a commercial air filtration system or some kind of osha safety equipment? Or is that why they aren’t employees?

[@mandarkokate5613]

Good documentary. We can save a lot of material. Few things that i learned from recycling 1) second law of thermodynamics restrict the recycling of all materials if product is made of mixed materials ( alloying, chemical reaction etc) 2) as technology products recycling is not natural thing we have to handle is by ourself i mean humans. Though nature is not 100% efficient but highly effective is handling waste this doesn't exist for technology product. 3) there will be always waste product even after recycling( the chemical reaction we use to take materials out, tradeoff for precious metals). We also need to handle that residue waste effectively nature cant take it. Mostly will be heavy metals. 4) now imagine we will have some 8 billion people surviving for next 100 years how much materials we need to go for clean energy and recycling them again. Thats insane 😅. I have hopes though we could.

[@federicoteruel20]

The quickly increasing of global population is one of the most significant challenges nowadays, and as we know, this represents a threat to natural resources, that is why we need to have new and improved resource management and as we see in this documentary, the recycling of technological waste is a great contribution in the search for a solution. One of the interesting moments of the documentary that is related to the rapid growth of the population is when they show the jobs that some people from India have. India is the country with the highest population density and seeing the number of devices they have to collect to earn a few euros makes us think about economic inequality. Finally we can say that Recycling e-waste is a good habit to reduce some of the most harmful effects of population growth.

[@manuelamador9975]

The DW documentary on electronic waste recycling highlights how population growth and increased energy consumption are driving the rise in electronic waste. Initiatives like 2ndlifesolar in Hamburg and Commown in Strasbourg are addressing these challenges through recycling and promoting sustainability. In India, projects like E (co)work improve the conditions for local recyclers, helping to manage the growing volume of waste more sustainably.

[@Holy_Frijole]

Right to Repair!!! I wish that was law in America. I found Fairphone that sells in America but dang it, my old phone broke while they had no supplies in stock and I went with a normal wasteful phone. Teracube seems like another decent brand.

[@AdriánLunaSilva]

Population growth has led to increased demand for energy resources, making eco-friendly solutions expensive. In this context, electronic waste, particularly used solar panels, represents a valuable alternative.

[@lizethalcocer4838]

Talking about the population growth, the exponential increase of the global population as mentioned in the text increases the e-waste problem. More individuals imply more use of electronics, and therefore use of the energy and in the process the generation of wastes, this growth increases the demand of the planets finite resources hence the need to embrace better waste management and recycling. About the energy consumption, this involves the manufacturing, utilization and destruction of electrical gadgets which in one way or another demands a lot of power, most of it being generated from resources that are exhaustible. The documentary is a good example of how energy consuming electronics manufacturing and waste treatment harms the environment; this is in line with the text’s discussion on the needs to embrace green energy, The given documentary strengthens the need to pay attention to the problems connected with population increase and energy usage. Failure to implement sustainable practices in the management of e-waste and transition to renewable energy sources will lead to rise in population and industrial activities that will exert pressure on the resources and therefore cause climate change and long-term environmental impacts. This link shows that people of the world must now come together to tackle issues concurrently in order to have a sustainable future.

[@mpirokajosephmgcokoca2355]

They must make products that lasts for 50 years in order to combat this problem

[@FlyingDwarfman]

Governments must implement legislation to force companies to do that. Voters (in democratic countries) must pressure their governments to do that. Otherwise, no company with that business model can be successful competing in the current global market. All incentives push them toward products with short lifespans that are annoying/ impossible for the consumer to repair.

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

if only the government made companies supply the parts, which a lot dont therefore we cant repair them.

[@TokenBlackman7]

B-But... THAT would negatively effect corporate profits. Oh-no!! 😐

[@kenhunt5153]

Renting...interesting. The balcony power idea is so simple but so good.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

I live now in the Philippines. On this PC I am using I was able to upgrade the motherboard pretty easily at no great cost at a local Mall with an electronic store for no great charge.

[@richardj.chaparrosr.9810]

🙄😏🥴😉🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ScientificNostalgic]

DW Documentary ..... always the best!

[@oscarruiz9219]

Thanks to population growth there was also an increase in the demand for energy resources so opting for an environmentally friendly solution is expensive so e-waste seems to me an excellent alternative, in the case of Germany being able to resume and give a second life to some solar panels that by performance are no longer viable can be destined for houses at a low cost and complying with the part of energy delivered, finding alternatives with renewable resources helps the environment for future generations.

[@johnpartridge7623]

We live in a disposable Society now & it is so easy to just buy instead of repair but then there is the issue of the "Right to Repair" which includes Mobile Phones, Washing Machines, Tractors etc but so many Manufacturers like John Deere will not release certain details that would enable a repair to be completed, so what does the Consumer do-scrap the machine or get ripped off by the manufacturer?

[@victorjassiel388]

The limitations of environmental sustainability and economic growth are closely related in the documentary "Recycling e-waste - Good for business and the environment" and the first chapter of the book "The Limits to Growth.". Both works underline the need for a circular economy that respects planetary boundaries. While ‘The Limits to Growth.’ offers a theoretical framework on the limits of growth, the documentary shows a practical example of how to address these limits through the recycling of electronic waste, an action that reflects an attempt to adapt economic growth to environmental realities.

[@Hollywood041]

I like that EUR is going to force Apple to have replaceable batteries. That will mean that other brands will have to as well and the companies will design a singular version rather than one separate for the EU and America will have battery switch options. My last phone was only replaced after 7years b/c the battery killed itself to death.

[@mandrakethemadcoder]

7 years? I've replaced most of mine within 2-3 years due to some fault *other* than the battery. Or simply from them being obsolete software-wise. You'll end up paying for the replaceable battery in the long run. Devices will be thicker, more complicated mechanically, prone to bad contacts etc.

[@FlyingDwarfman]

@@mandrakethemadcoder Bad contracts? You have no understanding of cell phones outside the US, then? Unlocked phones are the norm in every other developed nation in the world.

[@mandrakethemadcoder]

@@FlyingDwarfman Contacts, not contracts.

[@ricardoantoniocarrascosant5479]

The video itself showcases various innovative solutions to the challenges of electronic waste management, focusing on recycling these materials. It aims to extend the lifespan of electronic devices and recover valuable raw materials found within them. Drawing an analogy, this video strongly correlates with the first chapter of the book titled "The Limits to Growth," as the latter describes the challenges humanity faces due to the accelerated growth of population, resource consumption, and pollution. This video, precisely, presents clear actions to reduce the environmental impact that we, as humans, have facilitated through consumerism and human activity itself.

[@wachox]

Framework also sells repairable and modular laptops

[@bigjarth]

Just dropping in to say the thumbnail is epic.

[@gabrielacruzzarate6846]

As the population grows and demand for resources increases, industrial production and consumption of electronic devices also increases, resulting in huge amounts of e-waste. As consequence, energy consumption also increases, resulting in overexploitation of natural resources and increased pollution. If this waste is not properly managed, it can also contribute to further pollution and depletion of key resources. Recycling e-waste represents one solution to reduce the negative effects of overexploitation of non-renewable resources and pollution by recovering valuable materials and reducing environmental impact but, while recycling is essential, it is only part of the solution. A major change is needed towards more sustainable economic and consumption practices to effectively address the interconnected environmental and social problems that are threating global sustainability.

[@w.w.w5316]

DW my favorite channel 😩

[@saranbhatia8809]

Great relevance....thanks DW!

[@katealekseeva4260]

Thank you for sharing all this info on reuse and recycle of e-waste!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@larry785]

8:40 At the guy's right foot is a stack of toroidal transformers - it would be senseless to recycle those, as they are highly more efficient than iron-core transformers.

[@NellySantiagoCuevas]

Population growth increases pressure on natural resources, as the population grows, the demand for food, water and space also increases, which can lead to resource depletion. This video exposes the problem of e-waste and highlights innovative recycling solutions, including reusing used solar modules in power plants. It mentions the potential for recycling precious metals from electronic waste, emphasizing sustainability in the electronic sector to reduce environmental impact and resource dependence. Recycling e-waste is essential to protect the environment, preserve valuable natural resources and comply with legal regulations. By doing so, we contribute to reducing pollution, promote a circular economy and help build a more sustainable future for future generations.

[@JoséCarsan]

As the population grows exponentially. We need to demand big companies the right to repair our electronics. And also to change of ways of consumption for reduce the e-waste generation for the generations ahead. Yes, the "green" alternatives are not that green, but companies can do better, and try to reuse all this e-waste to decrease their costs and to have a more accesible alternative for the massses.

[@drpk6514]

Solar panels would make nice outdoor tables

[@bmsfx]

often you can just change the diodes inside a panel and it works again..

[@richireyes9382]

The first chapter of the book Limits to Growth describes the challenges humanity faces due to exponential growth in population, resource consumption, and pollution. The video presents innovative solutions to address these issues, focusing on e-waste recycling, extending the lifespan of electronic devices, and recovering valuable raw materials. The video emphasizes the need for a paradigm shift in how we produce, consume, and dispose of electronic devices. The "use-and-discard" mentality should be replaced by a "circular economy" approach that prioritizes repair, refurbishment, and recycling. The initiatives highlighted in the video, such as long-lasting and easily repairable device rentals (Commown), second-hand solar panels for homes (2ndlifesolar), safe workspaces for e-waste recycling (E(co)work), and technologies for material recovery (SolarMaterials), offer concrete examples of how we can move toward a more sustainable future. It is crucial that governments, businesses, and consumers work together to adopt more responsible practices in e-waste management. By reducing the amount of electronic waste generated and recovering valuable materials, we can help conserve natural resources and protect the environment.

[@tristanboyle4450]

i think ill start a recycling business for e-waste..

[@monicamendez7678]

Population growth and energy consumption are two interrelated factors that, according to "The Limits to Growth," must be controlled to avoid environmental and economic collapse. As the population grows, the demand for products, including electronics, increases, leading to higher energy consumption and waste production. This cycle of exponential growth is unsustainable on a planet with finite resources. In summary, the documentary and the book underline the importance of reconsidering how we manage our resources, especially in a world where population growth and energy consumption continue to rise at an alarming rate. Sustainability, in this context, requires not only better recycling practices but also a fundamental reevaluation of current economic and social models.

[@kkrolik2106]

I prefer fixing staff, I usually buy electronic as broken fix them and resale or use them myself, example my current PC use B550 Mainboard bought with missing few SMD and broken trace. My last buy is B650 mainboard bend and missing pins in cpu socket I straight them and check that missing are reductant now working fine but lost one dram slot now only 3 working board cost me 45Euro most shipping and customs tax :P Also my curent GPU is Sapphire GPRO X080 mining edition of Rx 6700 no display outputs few line of code to system registry and fresh bios and now I have image via iGPU and gpu cost me only 1/3 price ;) If only we get access to block diagrams fixing staff and replace part will be more easy due this I not touching Apple products due design is specially made to be as hard to fix as possible. Also worst thing that happen to customer electronics was forcing to use lead free solder due this GPUs and CPU fail few time more often, interesting things that aviation, space, military and nuclear electronics banned use lead free solder due reliability issue.

[@nbaua3454]

Shouldn't it be possible for companies like APPLE and Samsung to produce repair easy products which can be used for longer than the current harder to repair devices which contains the components those are glued or soldered making it a disaster.

[@ahmednaeem5966]

Send it to Afghanistan or Africa for 15 years of remaining life. Much needed and less toxic

[@erikamatusmarin157]

As time goes, families grow, and not only that, also the needs that arise for us as individuals imply that our consumption of non renewable natural resources also increases. Although there are already alternative renewable resources, these are not enough to eliminate or mitigate the pollution that is being created every day due to our actions and tools that we use. One of the most used materials are electronic materials, which generate very high energy consumption, having an exponential growth that is extremely worrying for human life and the place where we reside. As both the video and the reading mention, it is important to start having sustainable practices that contribute to mitigating the effects of excessive use of resources, both individually and by large industries.

[@TechnicalShivam-bh1hv]

Amazing Documentary DW❤️❤️❤️

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

[@bobsthea]

electronic industry can produce parts rather than the whole thing and if consumers want to upgrade their gadget then they can get new one by buy out their gadget, but this can lead to planned obsolence of parts, so what best solutions then ?

[@katejudson8907]

Fairphone.

[@bobsthea]

@@katejudson8907 hopefully they stick to their marketing plan and not going to be like apple's and samsung's

[@gerry343]

8:00 If the eco company were able to find these illegal premises, then the police could easily do it too. No doubt there are a few pay-offs for the authorities to turn a blind eye.

[@Shmidtk]

When we mine metals we take rock, crush it, apply chemicals and temperature to extract a couple of percent of material out of it. In e-waste we have X10/X20 higher concentration. Why can't we treat it as a minerals? Why we need to dismantle them at all? We are not dismantling mined rock. Just throw everything in shredder and then in some crucible or chemical reactor and extract gold, nickel, copper and all the stuff. Why aren't we doing it this way?

[@masibuleledwaba4110]

This is crazy 🔥

[@redacted629]

The term sustainability is banded about at point of sale but, as this documentary shows, one should think about total cost of life (instead of vanity projects and sometimes a cult-like ideology). Equally, working in harmony with nature instead of trying to control and manipulate nature (or the nature of human beings).

[@danielalopez7953]

Currently, the consumption of goods and services has become a critical problem, having to produce even more due to the growing demand by the economic system and the growing population, different problems have worsened, poor working conditions and pollution lead list, unforsustainable tunately large companies do not see that recycling and sustainable energy production allows a good profit without risking a future. If we could slow down population growth in addition to generating more efficient ways of generating energy, we would achieve a truly significant change.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I don't buy new device unless its completely stop working. My NOTE10 is 3 years old, hopefully it'll continue to work 😅

[@katejudson8907]

Me too. I have a very basic ASUS that has been running opensource programs perfectly for 9 years!

[@muxsinmahamoud7468]

S8 6 years

[@aaronaustrie]

Great documentary!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Another wonderful documentary( video) that serves environments and the creative of businesses ...,,through recycling ♻️ e-waste stuffs....it was a good and incredibly environmental enlightening documentary...thank you ( DW) documentary channel for sharing

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@gonzovizija]

cool, didn't know solar panels could be recycled like that...

[@DieterSoegemeier]

Dam, they are getting good money for copper in India 10EU per Kg. In Australia all I get is $8Au to $10Au per Kg that is almost half the money.

[@paulinamimiaga9076]

The documentary "Recycling e-waste" emphasizes the environmental and economic benefits of recycling electronic waste, such as used solar panels and mobile phones. This process helps recover valuable materials and reduce toxic waste. As the population grows, so does the demand for electronics, leading to more e-waste. In Germany, the expected surge in used solar panels could result in one million tons of electronic waste by 2030. This highlights the direct impact of population growth on waste generation. The documentary also stresses the importance of safe recycling practices and improving working conditions for recyclers, which aligns with the challenges of managing resources sustainably as described in Chapter 1. Recycling initiatives not only reduce environmental impact but also lessen the dependency on raw material imports.

[@MAY-NAISE]

good for business: Amazon trade-in program pays you only $3 for each side of echo buds that are the same exact model as the current model and only 4 months old. I'd say that's good business for Amazon when they get those suckers, who trade them into that racket.

[@watercat1248]

the reality is that most companies now days dasnt care about the e-waste and right to repair no matter what this Documentary try to tell the reality is many modern devices is unrepairable a good example off this is smartphones many new smartphone 📱 don't have easy way to open and on top off that the have add battery the is not remoble easily the have get as far to add strong glue in the battery in the order to not remove easily what Im try to say is not only the don't make the game easily repairable but tho make hoarder repair on purpose in the order to sell more products and have more profits

[@kavinanil7406]

Planned obscelence is a threat to Sustainable goals of individuals, nations, human societies and environment and earth at large. Its a business practice that is prevalent all sectors of consumer products. The policy change by these consumer goods industry would be great deal in sustainable development goals of human societies.

[@rajeshvaishnav7525]

Map of India is not map which is issued by india

[@andreim841]

3:48 so after 10 years they discard the solar panels and it takes 2 years of use just to make up the electricity used in producing the panels. Those 10 years are a far cry from the 25 years estimated life time and when you add the carbon footprint and the waste you come to the conclusion that we are being lied to when it comes to solar

[@beyondfossil]

That 2-yrs figure is highly variable. And it appears to be based on an old 2017 study from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands which is based on even older solar panel tech from even earlier in the 2010 era. Even so, the study's given 2-yr figure was a "worst case" scenario. Panels back then were in the 17% efficiency but panels now are now pushing 23% efficiency. Moreover, most commercial solar farms now have 1-axis (tilt) sun tracking which increases energy capture some huge 10% to 20%. In a sunnier climate (not Netherlands or Germany), the energy payback may be in months or even quicker with sun tilt tracking during the summer. If the time frame is in months, then the time of year also plays a role as summer has much more solar energy than winter. Given the dire global carbon crisis and global energy transition, solar is one of those area of renewable tech receiving huge amounts of research investment now. For instance, the cost of solar has dropped a staggering 90% since 2010. Furthermore, utility-scale solar is the cheapest form of energy available now at some 3-cents per kWh (unsubsidized) and still falling. The world has never seen electrical energy this cheap. The sun's ludicrously cosmic huge abundant clean power is an easy choice for direct capture. That solar panel farm shown at 3:48 is not usual. Which is why it was highlighted in this new story. 10-years is far too short to be changing out all panels - something else is going on there as well. Consider that solar manufacturers have some 25 year warranty that their panel will not degrade beyond -0.45% capacity per year (linear). Solar panel PV manufacturers do not give warranties lightly and their terms are based on rigorous testing and statistical analysis. A bad warranty can directly impact their bottom line and bring down the company's finances and reputation. As they shown in the new story, those used solar farm panels can be donated or sold to less high demanding scenarios like residential or small commercial solar. Many urban locations have a local distributor who specializes in used panels. Used panels will be half or less the cost of a new panel and the old panel still retains some 80% to 90+% of their original power capacity. Other technologies coming up are non-silicon based Perovskite solar cells. Manufacturing Perovskite cells uses a fraction of the energy of traditional silicon based cells. The Perovskite material is literally "ink jet printed" onto a substrate with much less heating involved. Perovskites are tantalizing area of solar tech as it naturally provides higher efficiencies. Its in the 25% to 30% range because of their innate characteristics and the ease of building multi-layer cells that capture a wider bandwidth of the light spectrum. Normal silicon cells prefer lower-energy photons in the "redder" end of the spectrum while higher energy "bluer" photons will just reflect or cause heating.

[@Samiby]

@@beyondfossil Interesting response. I was struggling with the maths in the documentary though. I can't get my head around that the narrator at the beginning of the documentary when the balcony buyer collects his panels that each recycled panel can produce 600w each, then when the panels are being removed from the mountainside, narrator says that these ones can only produce 235w (which to me, sounds more correct than 600w, so whether they're somehow mis selling to balcony buyers). Then the waste guy was saying that even if they've only lost 5% efficiency, they're still good enough for balcony buyers, which if they can get for 60 euros each is a steal but I doubt that price, but I still feel that the amount of money the company would need to invest to replace the panels to cover a 5% loss is too much (unless ofcourse the modern efficiency increases and if they install tilting panels really will reap rewards), but just sounded shady and probably a way for that company to somehow get granted government renewable money by saying they were installing more panels on spots that were already existing). I was surprised to hear that wasting panels was a thing, having them shredded, how has that ever been a practise in the past? Surely you could just a pile of panels at side of road with 'Free' sign on and save you having to transport to waste/recycle sites if they didn't sell them in the past. Anyhow, anyone know where I can get 60 quid panels in the UK?

[@Jhkhfjffy]

What abt flaming some instruments of phobe in fire .can we revover anyrhing from the remaiming ashes?

[@K.M.I]

Hey, I want this way of recycling too!!!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@shivarakesh5541]

Good video

[@akilmalik8711]

How to by solar recycling machine in India

[@robertpearson8546]

How about the hardware and software included to prevent repair? Look at Apple.

[@rosokkeliling]

Luar biasa mantab 👍👍👍👍

[@ledhunters]

This video is kinda misleading. How can recycling solar panels by reusing them can ever be sustainable if machine (at 16:50) for their testing costs several hundred thousand euros! (thats 200.000€ +) also that machine is using a lot of power is that power free, I would say its not. At 25:36 they are again using some specially made machines that use a lot of power to heat the panels and the next machine is even worse, its a proprietary machine. That's why people do not recycle, it's cheaper to just throw it away and companies always select cheaper option.

[@JosipLehpamer]

good stuff

[@vivekgopinathan6960]

Good people

[@kumaramarkant3695]

We need to purchase e-waste at attractive price like we do with automobiles.

[@thenovicechef1108]

Also "Planned Obsolescence".

[@scalamasterelectros3204]

Show this to people hwo think smartphones are mose ewaste

[@BurgerParty]

Microsoft, Apple : NO

[@normanocampo4466]

CIRCULAR economy should be the NEW thing now, all should be recycle, and NO need to mine NEW things,

[@El.Duder-ino]

Awesome and as always very inspiring film from DW, thank u folks! Triple Rs - R.EPAIR & R.EUSE & R.ECYCLE and repeat!🤘

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@FlyingDwarfman]

I'm a teacher and advise a Content Creator Club led by students. For purposes of that club, I love to collect videos that fit various themes. DW content has a tendency to almost immediately go in my "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle an Beyond" playlist as examples for students of short-form documentaries (

[@IRun4Ultra]

That looks like land grave.

[@TotallyPotatoMovies]

in the nederlands you cat 4,45 for 1 kg of kopper

[@ChairmanKim]

No!!!! My soup!!!!

[@SandeepV4U]

How too connect with Ecowork India. Plz share

[@dulichhonson]

Very guod video OK ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Intervaloverdose]

He's a massive tool

[@andys9678]

[@dragoonzen]

Holy cow, India barely have any trees 😢

[@deathmen7872]

Judging India by just few minute or videos ? Well done , but then should I assume you all eat cockroaches and earthworms by a few minute of clips ?

[@bossbondan5054]

i think on the future asia must be give a lot of trash to europe for recycling

[@rheijm9201]

one electric car is the equivalent of 1000 pcs. So this will be here to stay. Bonne chance, mecs! Good luck fellas! Schockschwerenot, kleiner Mann was nun.

[@michaeltorio3459]

Data chips 😥