solar panel waste
A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste and the Effects on Human Health
Having sat in many community hearings about solar power development, I am used to vivid descriptions of how photovoltaic panels might as well be dripping with harmful substances that will sicken people and livestock. The concerns are pervasive, but almost completely separate from reality. For example, one of the recurring issues raised against solar development […]
Read MoreMaking Solar Energy as Clean as Can Be Means Fitting Square Panels Into the Circular Economy
Even for the most enthusiastic boosters of renewable energy, it’s hard to argue that solar panels provide truly clean electricity if, at the end of their lives, many of them end up in landfills. But keeping solar cells out of the dump requires a market for recycled solar materials that is much more robust than […]
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