Finally, a Company that is Recycling Solar Panels

A French startup is working on recycling solar panels and improving the process. It’s no secret that solar panels are extremely tedious to recycle. While the world has taken steps toward increasing the usage of solar energy, there have not been adequate advances in how to recycle the material. Solar panels typically last between 25-30 years, which means that all the panels installed in the last few decades are nearing the end of their working period. That could mean millions of panels in the garbage if they aren’t recycled.

This French company called ROSI is trying to gather silver and silicon from these materials in order to make the process of recycling solar panels more sustainable.