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Colorado orders bankrupt solar-panel maker to dispose of hazardous waste

Fox News -- A Colorado solar-panel maker, which spent $70 million of a $400 million federal loan guarantee from the Energy Department before going bankrupt last year, is now being ordered to clean up hazardous waste at four storage facilities filled with leftover panels.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said Abound Solar is storing thousands of “unsellable” solar panels and gallons of toxic liquids at sites in Colorado, the Denver Post reports.
The panels were made using cadmium, a once-cheaper alternative to standard silicon cells. But cadmium, according to federal health agencies, is a toxic substance and carcinogen.
Abound stopped recycling the unusable panels in February 2012, citing budget constraints, the bankruptcy trustee said.
Abound also filed for bankruptcy last year

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Submitted Feb 28, 2013 By: BurntOrange

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drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:9,165 Points:779,850 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 11:28:39 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse LOL, never ask for something you'll never receive from the Aviator Cakes! The Truth shall set you free!!! [Edited by: drpepperTX at 3/4/2013 12:29:09 AM EST]
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,229,950 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2013 10:05:50 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse I didn't ask for citations Pops!.. must not be reading again...ESL?
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:9,165 Points:779,850 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2013 11:08:04 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Interesting is it not Cakes? No citations from the Aviator? LOL! The Truth shall set you free!!!
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,229,950 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2013 11:01:42 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Aviator_Rob...Haven't heard a peep either! [Edited by: LetemEatCake at 3/3/2013 12:02:15 AM EST]
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:9,165 Points:779,850 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 12:53:47 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Please don't expect any honest answers from the Aviator teenitup! LOL. You are right on with that post FluffyDogAttack!
FluffyDogAttack Champion Author Riverside Posts:1,210 Points:115,165 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 12:32:33 PM Ignore FluffyDogAttack Report Abuse At least evil "Big Oil" actually provides a product and service that is useful, economically viable, and accessible to all. Solar, what a joke.
teenitup Champion Author Houston Posts:1,847 Points:276,885 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 10:49:49 AM Ignore teenitup Report Abuse Could you provide some substantiation for your estimates Aviator Rob?
remay Champion Author Houston Posts:7,078 Points:2,143,965 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 7:52:07 AM Ignore remay Report Abuse Milk us (taxpayers) for all THEY were worth...
merlinCO Champion Author Colorado Posts:1,780 Points:369,095 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2013 7:19:59 AM Ignore merlinCO Report Abuse Bail em out like Gm, Ford and the banks.
Bezalel Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:12,234 Points:2,318,210 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 11:44:57 PM Ignore Bezalel Report Abuse Stop subsidies until All refined product stays here!
wshokie12 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:1,455 Points:244,035 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 11:13:32 PM Ignore wshokie12 Report Abuse How does a bankrupt company afford hazardous waste clean up costs?
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,992 Points:440,815 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:59:41 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Plenty of people here howling about the $70 million "wasted". Meanwhile, not one peep about the $10 BILLION worth of subsidies that goes to Big Oil EVERY YEAR. (And that $10 billion is a conservative estimate.)
ldiggy All-Star Author Wilmington Posts:916 Points:316,525 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:55:57 PM Ignore ldiggy Report Abuse Good for them.
bginsj Champion Author San Jose Posts:1,963 Points:1,260,610 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:53:15 PM Ignore bginsj Report Abuse sounds like a california problem all over again
smoketown Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:6,373 Points:1,409,575 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:50:25 PM Ignore smoketown Report Abuse Good !
RCMOM Rookie Author Florida Posts:15 Points:19,385 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:46:53 PM Ignore RCMOM Report Abuse thats the government for ya, just give away our hard earned money
SparkieMi Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:3,400 Points:615,895 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:46:01 PM Ignore SparkieMi Report Abuse Wasted money!!! What were the executives salaries and bonus??
FordF2502001 Champion Author Mississippi Posts:8,135 Points:1,627,440 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:44:01 PM Ignore FordF2502001 Report Abuse Not ok
N4PIP Champion Author Miami Posts:1,010 Points:445,805 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:41:59 PM Ignore N4PIP Report Abuse How much have we spent on nuclear and coal clean-ups?
srchr Champion Author San Jose Posts:7,391 Points:1,647,525 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:37:50 PM Ignore srchr Report Abuse more taxpayer $$$ at waste
REKEY Champion Author South Carolina Posts:8,723 Points:1,727,095 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:37:13 PM Ignore REKEY Report Abuse They are bankrupt!
falcons Champion Author North Dakota Posts:10,931 Points:2,397,955 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:36:35 PM Ignore falcons Report Abuse OK.
Aserdaten Champion Author Florida Posts:3,562 Points:2,079,445 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:36:05 PM Ignore Aserdaten Report Abuse Certainly gives the industry a bad name, not to mention the millions the US Government is on the hook for. Wonder if Chinese competition really "did them in", as they claim?
mcmonsta Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,347 Points:845,470 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:33:39 PM Ignore mcmonsta Report Abuse all their officers should pay for it
lolobond All-Star Author New Orleans Posts:724 Points:639,310 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:32:02 PM Ignore lolobond Report Abuse Tough
vibdata Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:4,181 Points:866,235 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:31:03 PM Ignore vibdata Report Abuse So who pays for the clean-up? YOU DO. Nice. Where's my $400 million loan guarantee?
Alfied Champion Author Riverside Posts:8,079 Points:1,783,940 Joined:Jun 2001	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:30:53 PM Ignore Alfied Report Abuse Too late, too bad.
bvrbill Champion Author Eugene Posts:3,445 Points:546,325 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:28:53 PM Ignore bvrbill Report Abuse Another good use of taxpayer money.
snerd All-Star Author Pennsylvania Posts:935 Points:663,450 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:28:34 PM Ignore snerd Report Abuse Hmmm
BREW9 Champion Author Tampa Posts:1,025 Points:2,940,610 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:26:28 PM Ignore BREW9 Report Abuse waste
NorthglennBill Champion Author Denver Posts:7,562 Points:1,499,645 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:26:10 PM Ignore NorthglennBill Report Abuse Our tax dollars at work. Another "bridge" to nowhere.
Dragnet Champion Author Arizona Posts:15,548 Points:2,934,510 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:25:59 PM Ignore Dragnet Report Abuse Just flush it down the crapper
FlyNFool Champion Author South Carolina Posts:8,384 Points:1,712,900 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:24:36 PM Ignore FlyNFool Report Abuse Make Van Jones do it.
5Golfer8 Champion Author Tucson Posts:2,263 Points:326,925 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:24:33 PM Ignore 5Golfer8 Report Abuse How many company parties and how many yachts did the spend the money on?
Jedman982 Sophomore Author Modesto Posts:122 Points:161,050 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:23:15 PM Ignore Jedman982 Report Abuse Obama should clean it up himself
MahopacJack Champion Author New York Posts:8,081 Points:1,605,310 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:21:58 PM Ignore MahopacJack Report Abuse Meanwhile back in sequesterland, the money spent on this and numerous similar projects could have been used to help pay for the prisoners stay in our prisons, or the meat inspectors, or TSA guards, or etc..........
Lizzylou Champion Author Stockton Posts:8,818 Points:2,357,285 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:19:50 PM Ignore Lizzylou Report Abuse SORRY BUT WHAT A WASTE!!!
VikingWoman Champion Author Washington Posts:1,451 Points:279,530 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:17:00 PM Ignore VikingWoman Report Abuse Those Federal loans should not have allowed the use of cadmium but they still need to clean up.
SavALot Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:8,623 Points:1,739,410 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:16:50 PM Ignore SavALot Report Abuse hope he's motivated to do so
Bubba44612 Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,531 Points:1,904,385 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:15:12 PM Ignore Bubba44612 Report Abuse Good luck with that.
ScottTee Champion Author Detroit Posts:4,532 Points:1,091,295 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:14:41 PM Ignore ScottTee Report Abuse Another debacle
xtremecheap All-Star Author Arkansas Posts:986 Points:373,100 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:12:52 PM Ignore xtremecheap Report Abuse So this "clean" energy that we've been told is going to save our country, is not so clean? I'll believe it when AL Gore sells out to the big oil companies.
DrLyon Champion Author Michigan Posts:6,769 Points:1,238,615 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:11:19 PM Ignore DrLyon Report Abuse Clean it up...
CVA19 Champion Author Salem Posts:2,393 Points:632,975 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:11:19 PM Ignore CVA19 Report Abuse What part of "bankrupt" does the state of Colorado NOT understand. If I remember correctly, the eco-socialists in Colorado celebrated when this company was propped-up with taxpayer money by the Narcissist-in-Chief. Now the jobs are gone, the money is gone, and Colorado is left with a mess.
pgerassi Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:11,036 Points:2,159,245 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:10:29 PM Ignore pgerassi Report Abuse The Ugly side.
DEG Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:17,745 Points:3,519,480 Joined:Jul 2003	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:09:29 PM Ignore DEG Report Abuse More waste of taxpayer $$$ by Obama and the tree-huggers.
abcdMA Champion Author Worcester Posts:8,057 Points:1,601,705 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:08:46 PM Ignore abcdMA Report Abuse that should be required
paulydel Champion Author Delaware Posts:8,898 Points:859,075 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:07:32 PM Ignore paulydel Report Abuse They should clean up their mess.
gasmack Champion Author Ventura Posts:1,752 Points:679,840 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:07:24 PM Ignore gasmack Report Abuse We shall see.
munch252 Veteran Author Cleveland Posts:283 Points:149,655 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2013 10:04:28 PM Ignore munch252 Report Abuse of course