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Originally Posted by john70t
Why don't they have a system for collecting that mercury and/or heavy metals?
There is money there.
Those are valuable materials.
Same with the recycling of batteries and electronics(and solar panels).
Solar tech is advancing exponentially.
It is understandable that companies would not want to spend $XX/XXX,000 today, when a system twice as efficient and half the price might be available tomorrow.
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They do. They use sodium bicarbonate in the smaller plants and a wet spray process in the larger plants. It also pulls the sulfur-dioxide out of the emissions as well.