Recycling a mirror is much easier. Recycling or improving the thermal chamber largely involves recycling high percentage pure (to withstand heat) metals. Recyc

Recycling a mirror is much easier. Recycling or improving the thermal chamber largely involves recycling high percentage pure (to withstand heat) metals. Recycling embedded silicon solar panels involves breaking the glass from the substrate reliablely and safely. Extracting the low percentage high value rate earths. Then repurifying the Si from the expensive dopants to remake a panel. Designing solar panels to make this easier losses vital efficiency percentages. Not to mention most solar panels claim to pay for themselves in 100yr in some regions but have a lifetime of 30yr. So yes then recycling must be built into the model. And of course common to both electrical motors used for panel positioning and orientation. Which are a common repairable and understood thing.