Yes, though it has to be seen how well it will work out in the long term, when huge amounts of panels and batteries will be in need of being disposed of. In an

Yes, though it has to be seen how well it will work out in the long term, when huge amounts of panels and batteries will be in need of being disposed of. In any case the Law represents a good provision for the consumer/end user, JFYI: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/index_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee/index_en.htm http://www.solarwaste.eu/ http://www.solarwaste.eu/ Specifically in Italy: http://www.solarwaste.eu/in-your-country/italy/ http://www.solarwaste.eu/in-your-country/italy/ The resources are "distributed": >Waste originating from PV modules classified as household (B2C) waste (those installed in PV plants with a nominal power below 10 Kw) is financed by the Producers present in the market in the year when the costs occur according to their market share. But only for "household" plants: >Waste originating from PV modules classified as non-household (B2B) waste (those installed in PV plants with a nominal power equal or above 10 Kw) placed on the market before 12/04/2014 is financed by the Producers when selling a new PV module replacing the old, in all other cases the financing is upon users. For waste originating from B2B PV modules placed on the market after 12/04/2014, the financial responsibility is upon Producers for the modules they placed on the market. So there is IMHO a risk about companies that sell today but will be not anymore in business in 20/25 years time to pay for the disposal ... ... cannot say if there are some forms of insurance (or whatever) covering this possibility. Right now (just for the record) the fee for WEEE (for business) is between 0.30 €/kg and 0.50 €/kg + shipment, which seems very little when you are dealing with "light" items like - say - LCD TV's or laptops, but not so little when you are dealing with CRT's or similar.