The LA times has an article about CA landfills filling up with solar panels. It is behind a paywall, so I guess I won’t read it. Sounds like hyperbole to me. First, the all the solar panels in the state, by volume probably don’t match a weeks’ worth of municipal solid waste by volume, so that is hardly filling up the landfills. Second, it hints they are toxic. Really? Glass and aluminum. Silicon dioxide is just purified glass. Yes, they do have dopants in them. And there is some solder but probably rohs solder.
Is there any truth to this? Secondly, why? Are there really that many worn out solar panels? I have never had one wear out to the point that I disposed of it. And I have had solar panels of some sort for close to 50 years.
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