Numerous factors continue to pull at the Renewables MMI (Monthly Metals Index) as it moves through Q1. This past month, the index largely moved sideways, only exhibiting a slight upward movement of ...

Workers push damaged solar pannels into a machine to be recycled at the We Recycle Solar plant in Yuma, Arizona on December 6, 2023. As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable ...

Solar panels from the 2000s boom are reaching end-of-life, putting disposal and recovery systems under scrutiny. IRENA and the EPA project rising solar waste, with global totals up to 78 million tons ...

Leading corporations are advancing their sustainability goals by investing in renewable energy, particularly through community solar credits that support both environmental and social impact. This ...

In the coming decade, millions of solar panels will become waste but there is no coherent policy on sustainable disposal.

Australia's National Waste Policy also focuses on recycling, rather than reuse or repair. This is despite recycling being the last resort in the " waste hierarchy," just slightly above disposal. Solar ...

Solar panel waste will not be a problem because there is so little of it. However, there is a short-term problem in some places because panel deployment is growing fast and recycling is playing catch ...