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I am relieved it is all going to be so easy.


Well, I found this article with a nice infographic. Considering panels are mostly made out of glass it's not very difficult to recycle 95% of the materials.

https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/2017/10/the-opportunities-...


https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/solar/t...

The most difficult problem right now seems to be that the value of the recovered materials is less than the cost of recycling the panels.


That’s why I don’t recommend either, but instead decycling them.

After what percentage of deficiency does solar become unviable? I’ll gladly take panels off anyone’s hands that have lost 75% of their efficiency and hodge-podge something together. If we lose 20% after 25 years, when do we lose 75%+?




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