When solar panels, which typically have a 25-30 year lifespan, reach the end of their lives and become waste, they must be managed safely. Learn about this renewable energy waste, different types of solar panels and how they are regulated.
Solar energy is booming. What happens when the panels die?
Solar Panels: Decommissioning & Recycling - MOST Policy Initiative
Solar Panel Recycling And Disposal - Sistine Solar
Improving Recycling and Management of Renewable Energy Wastes: Universal Waste Regulations for Solar Panels and Lithium Batteries
Solar panels are starting to die. What will we do with the megatons of toxic trash?
Bright Panels, Dark Secrets: The Problem of Solar Waste – Mackinac Center
Interco Recycles Solar Panels - Interco
End-of-Life Solar Panels: Regulations and Management
How does permitting for clean energy infrastructure work?
US to invest in domestic solar manufacturing, recycling - Recycling Today
Innovations In End of Life Solar Panel Disposal & Recycling - ERI
Solar Energy: NC Department of Environmental Quality Releases HB 329 Decommission Study