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First generation of solar panels will wear out, recycling industry taking shape

Isabella O'Malley Associated Press//August 1, 2023//[read_meter]

solar panels, Yuma, recycling

K.C. Skillern moves material with a shovel from recycled solar panels at We Recycle Solar on June 6, 2023, in Yuma. North America’s first utility-scale solar panel recycling plant opened to address what founders of the company call a “tsunami” of solar waste, as technology that became popular in the early 2000s rapidly scales up. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

First generation of solar panels will wear out, recycling industry taking shape

Isabella O'Malley Associated Press//August 1, 2023//[read_meter]

Sunlight beats down on a graveyard for dead solar panels in Yuma, hundreds stacked in neat piles, waiting for their next life. The great majority of worn and damaged panels...

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