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Comment by skybrian

5 years ago

I'm wondering why landfills are insufficient? Are the linings not good enough?

Not processing old solar panel was deemed dangerous by the government and we are building a government facility to recycle and properly decontaminate them. The price to run the facility will be collected from the manufacturers.

Same for Wind too. 81 tons of waste needs to be processed after 20 years of service of a 5MW wind turbine but operators and manufacturers does not take the price of disposal into account.

  • Sure but I'm asking about the technology. It seems odd that old solar panels couldn't somehow be safely buried without leaching.