"Australia's solar panel waste is mounting. Will the government's recycling scheme solve it?" – this had better violate Betteridge's law of headlines…
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@pelicangut while it's an important part of long term sustainability, why does it need to be something that makes a profit if the government runs it?
I also find a lot of this is blown out of proportion as well, see https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/solar-panel-waste-is-tiny-coal-gas-emit-hundreds-of-times-mass-per-mwh/ and https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/for-consumers/fact-sheets/environment-and-planning-get-the-facts/environmental-impacts-renewable-energy/solar-panels-toxicity-myth-d80880e52ed26938e65f99b1bb989947