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Solar panel recycling

Solarpanelrecycling.com has made early and substantial investments in research and development, proprietary machinery, and established solar separation systems, allowing them to successfully recycle solar modules at a much higher “percentage of panel rate” than other solar recyclers.  The company has recycled over one million pounds of solar panels, spanning multiple states, for large scale utility companies, solar operations & maintenance companies, and big box retail chains.

SOLAR PANEL COMPOSITION

There are two types of solar panels that are commonly seen in our recycling processes:

SILICON SOLAR PANELS: MONO-CRYSTALLINE AND POLY-CRYSTALLINE

According to the US EPA, crystalline-silicon solar panels represent over 95% of solar panels sold today. SPR.COM’s early solar panel recycling processes have seen mono and poly-crystalline solar panels comprise over 90% of our throughput.

(1) 90% of c-si panel weight is glass panel, aluminum frame, silicon cells

(2)The rest is comprised of small traces of copper, zinc, lead, silver, and tin

THIN-FILM SOLAR

According to the US EPA, thin-film solar panels, and more specifically Cadmium Telluride panels (CdTe) are the second most common solar panel after Silicon panels. Ultra-thin, semiconductor layers are stacked on top of a base material, such as glass, plastic, or metal.

·     98% of CdTe panel weight is glass, polymer, and aluminum

·     Small traces of cadmium, copper, zinc, tin and other metals.

Solar panel invertors and junction boxes contain items more easily recycled, and similar to generated output from our electronic recycling processes: PCB (circuit boards), copper wiring, plastics, and metals.

We are in our PHASE 2 of solar recycling, meaning, we can recycle over 95% of the entire panel. Glass, aluminum, plastics, silicon, and metals can be separated, recycled and recovered.