When it involves deliberately recycling your outdated or in any other case undesirable photo voltaic panels, your location could restrict your choices. That beforehand talked about recycling price (in comparison with landfilling) is likely one of the greatest hurdles within the U.S. together with a scarcity of laws on the Federal degree. Some particular person states — akin to California, Hawaii, and New Jersey – are arrange for it, and a small checklist might be discovered on the EPA’s official website, however not all of them. In Europe, insurance policies had been handed in March of 2024 requiring photo voltaic producers to maintain recycling their merchandise as soon as the time is correct.

If you reside within the U.S. and need to recycle, although, be ready to perform a little analysis first. You’ll need to look into whether or not or not your state has any photo voltaic recycling packages or laws, however barring that there are a number of firms on the market like Earth911 or the SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) that declare to recycle previous photo voltaic panels for you. However, none of those firms are at the moment endorsed by the EPA so should you determine to go that route it is vital to do your due diligence first.

Instead, take into account contacting both the producer of your photo voltaic panels or whoever put in them for you. They may need some suggestions for you, and in the event that they have already got a longtime relationship with a panel recycling firm (most of that are meant to accommodate companies and organizations, not people) they could have the opportunity that will help you out.