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Have you read the article? The main problem seems to be heavy metals like lead and cadmium. They don't need to be recycled per se, but those do need to be extr
by dtech 8y ago
Have you read the article? The main problem seems to be heavy metals like lead and cadmium.
They don't need to be recycled per se, but those do need to be extracted. Heavy metals are notorious for contaminating ground and groundwater if left on landfills.
- _ph_ 8y agoOne should be using the correct terminology then. Sounds like disposal of used solar cells is not a huge problem, if the toxic components can be separated from the silicon and glass (which again is mostly silicon). Then its a matter of efficiency, whether it makes sense to recycle the silicon and glass or just grind and dump it.
- e12e 8y agoI'm not sure that it's easy to separate out lead/cadmium from glass? I think I've heard that's also an issue with glass recycling in general. (certain though to break kitvhen/glassware also contain lead - and can't / shouldn't be recycled along with single use glass bottles).