A solar panel recycling scheme would help reduce waste, but please repair and reuse first
- Written by Deepika Mathur, Senior Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University

Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the growing problem of solar panel waste. Only about 10% of panels are currently recycled. The rest are stockpiled, sent overseas or dumped in landfill.
One in three Australian homes now have rooftop solar panels,...
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