Sunday, February 14, 2021

Solar Panels Are Starting to Die. What Will We Do With The Megatons Of Toxic Trash? - American Experiment

Solar Panels Are Starting to Die. What Will We Do With The Megatons Of Toxic Trash? - American Experiment
"Most people seem to believe that wind and solar panels produce no waste and have no negative environmental impacts. 
Unfortunately, these people are wrong.
...A recent article in Grist warns of a looming onslaught of solar waste as solar panels in the United States begin to reach the end of their 25 year lifetimes. 
The article begins:
“Solar panels are an increasingly important source
of renewable power that will play an essential role in fighting climate change. They are also complex pieces of technology that become big, bulky sheets of electronic waste at the end of their lives — and right now, most of the world doesn’t have a plan for dealing with that.”...Read all.

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