> As an electrical engineer who has studied many aspects of renewable energy, recycling solar panels seems like a smart idea, Actually, hold that thought for a

> As an electrical engineer who has studied many aspects of renewable energy, recycling solar panels seems like a smart idea, Actually, hold that thought for a moment, why would that seem like a smart idea? Almost everything is "harder than you might think" to recycle. It's always been, for good reason, the least preferred of the "three R's", and its cultural salience has been an utter failure of messaging. There are only like, a handful of materials that it's been economically reasonable to run large-scale recycling operations for, and solar panels are far from a coherent material that can be washed and melted down.