PoliticsSpot Us/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ What happens when solar panels wear out? The demand for solar energy is increasing, which means we need to speed up our solution to recycling solar panels.
Newsletter Photo by Nuno Marques on Unsplash The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape Plans to address climate change rely on massively scaling up clean, solar electricity, but recycling solar panels can be a challenge.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org Mining is a polluting business. Can new tech make it cleaner? Mining will always have environmental impacts, but new approaches could help reduce them as the world digs up more metals for renewable energy.
PoliticsSolar farm | Solar farms dot the agricultural landscape in f… | Flickr Solar panels are starting to die. What will we do with the megatons of toxic trash? Most solar manufacturers claim their panels will last for about 25 years. That means the solar e-waste glut is coming.
Solutions Europe's first solar panel recycling plant opens in France The plant is set to recycle 1,300 tonnes of solar panels in 2018 - virtually all solar panels that will reach their end of life in France this year
