Solar panel recycling

04/06/2024

What I keep thinking is

1. Solar Panels are non toxic
2. Solar Panels do not have scarce resources in them
3. By the end of life solar panels are carbon positive

So it’s perfectly responsible to landfill them.

The landfill just has to be in the bush because the holes near the city are needed for general rubbish.

Recycling solar panels doesn’t work for three reasons…

1. It relies on dumb govt money to be profitable. And govt changes.
2. The waste and recycling industry is run by actual crooks. Not for me.
3. I don’t fancy adding to the cost and carbon footprint of solar. Bad karma.

My concept is to reuse used solar panels in applications such as artificial reefs, or a giant tourist pyramid in the outback. In a couple of years you could have the world’s largest pyramid, all glistening in the sun.