Maddie Stone | Dec 29, 2021, 9:40am EST
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22857157/solar-recycling-new-better-method
A new Department of Energy-funded research project seeks to solve one of the biggest challenges with solar power — what to do with solar panels after they die.
Solar energy is key to solving climate change, but for the technology itself to be sustainable it needs to be recyclable. Unfortunately, when a solar panel dies today, it’s likely to meet one of two fates: a shredder or a landfill.