Also the "notoriously poisonous" part is just... not true. There's bad faith outrage grifters and climate denialists who promote that idea, but the most common

Also the "notoriously poisonous" part is just... not true. There's bad faith outrage grifters and climate denialists who promote that idea, but the most common solar panel designs do not contain lead or cadmium. And even the ones that do, solar panels are 100% recyclable. They shouldn't be going to landfill anyway, every single component in them except the glue that holds it together can be remanufactured into more solar panels. Edit: To answer the inevitable followup question: "where are all the recyclers then?" Solar panel recycling isn't a big business yet because the things are so damn resilient, with expected lifespans of 25-50 years or more. The first generation of modern solar panels aren't even halfway through their service lives yet. Today the only dead panels are ones that suffered accidental damage, the supply of EOL panels that could be recycled is zero and will be for a while. We shouldn't expect to see recycling start to happen on a commercial scale until the 2040s or 2050s.