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Globally, solar photovoltaic (PV) construction and deployment has been rapidly rising at unprecedented rates.   Solar energy is the green, clean future of energy with the most rapid growth seen in the United States, India, China, Japan, and Germany.

As the global solar market continues to scale at rapid rates, so does the increased volume of panels for recycling.  Ongoing maintenance, early generation solar farms panel upgrades, and weather events make a ever-growing stream of solar panels and other solar asset equipment.  Currently, the US is a bit behind in other parts of the world on solar recycling options as well as regulations at the state and federal levels.

Various research groups have released data with ranges and estimates as high at 70 million tons of panel waste globally in the coming decade(s) with the United States comprising 10 million tons of that estimate. 

Utilizing the recycling services of solarpanelrecycling.com (SPR) for retired or damaged (end-of-life) solar panels, even in states without early regulations, holds many benefits including by not limited to:

  • The recovery of valuable resources to be introduced back into the supply chain,
  • Helps utility companies, solar farm owners, manufacturers and solar O&Ms meet internal environmental goals, lower their carbon footprint, and meet new ESG governance regulations,
  • Clears valuable space at solar farms, in warehouses, and frees up resources needed for decommissioning by contracting all, or portions, of decommissioning to SPR,
  • Controls landfill capacity and environmental harm to landfilling panels and batteries,
  • Helps acquire permitting at the local and state levels by having an established decommissioning and recycling plan in place with a high capacity, proven panel recycler in solarpanelrecycling.com,
  • Sets up internal recycling programs, best practices, and external vendor relationships ahead of other imminent regulations at local, state, and federal levels.