IF Solar Panels Are So Clean, Why Do They Produce So Much Toxic Waste?

Posted: May 26, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Fact Check, Green Energy, Solar, Unreliables | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

From Forbes, the story of a looming environmental problem:

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The last few years have seen growing concern over what happens to solar panels at the end of their life. Consider the following statements:

  • The problem of solar panel disposal “will explode with full force in two or three decades and wreck the environment” because it “is a huge amount of waste and they are not easy to recycle.”
  • “The reality is that there is a problem now, and it’s only going to get larger, expanding as rapidly as the PV industry expanded 10 years ago.”
  • “Contrary to previous assumptions, pollutants such as lead or carcinogenic cadmium can be almost completely washed out of the fragments of solar modules over a period of several months, for example by rainwater.”

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