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> imagine most of the desert in California converted to solar What is an average life time of a solar panel? What happens after it ended its service? Can you re
by aivisol 4y ago
> imagine most of the desert in California converted to solar
What is an average life time of a solar panel? What happens after it ended its service? Can you recycle them or they will just end up in a massive landfill?
- adrianN 4y agohttps://www.epa.gov/hw/solar-panel-recycling https://www.epa.gov/hw/solar-panel-recycling But I wouldn't worry about putting them in a landfill either. They're not particularly dangerous.
- ncmncm 4y agoThey will be recycled, because ultra-pure silicon is very valuable. Likewise, cadmium and tellurium. Voicing worries about used up solar panels is cheap concern trolling.