Australia Had 1.4 Million Solar Panels Due for Recycling, Only 100,000 Were Processed

Solar scourge: rules make it cheaper to dump old panels

Australia's solar boom will create a significant waste problem, experts have told an inquiry, with tough rules needed to keep panels out of landfill.

Australia Had 1.4 Million Solar Panels Due for Recycling, Only 100,000 Were Processed

Issues of scale and the lack of an informed investor base are hampering efforts to grow Australia’s solar panel recycling industry, Parliament has been told. Neeraj Das, founder and chief executive of ElecSome, a Victoria-based panel recycler, told the House Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water that Australian companies like his were capable of recycling 90 percent of a solar panel, components like aluminium, glass, and co…