The growth in solar panel waste worldwide is large and needs to be addressed as it is expected to get larger.
The International Renewable Energy Agency estimated that there were about 250,000 metric tons of solar panel waste in the world at the end of 2016 and that the figure could reach 78 million metric tons by 2050.
Regardless, solar panel waste disposal is a problem that needs to be addressed.
The biggest problem with solar panel waste may be its large quantity.
Continued below.... A fee imposed on solar panel purchases to make sure that the cost of safely removing, recycling or storing solar panel waste is internalized into the price of solar panels and not externalized onto future taxpayers would aid the disposal issue.
A fee imposed on solar panels could go into a federal disposal and decommissioning fund, which would be dispensed to state and local governments to pay for the removal and recycling or long-term storage of solar panel waste.
The fund would insure that solar panels are safely decommissioned, recycled, or stored over the long-term, even if solar manufacturers go bankrupt.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-mounting-solar-panel-waste-problem
The International Renewable Energy Agency estimated that there were about 250,000 metric tons of solar panel waste in the world at the end of 2016 and that the figure could reach 78 million metric tons by 2050.
Regardless, solar panel waste disposal is a problem that needs to be addressed.
The biggest problem with solar panel waste may be its large quantity.
Continued below.... A fee imposed on solar panel purchases to make sure that the cost of safely removing, recycling or storing solar panel waste is internalized into the price of solar panels and not externalized onto future taxpayers would aid the disposal issue.
A fee imposed on solar panels could go into a federal disposal and decommissioning fund, which would be dispensed to state and local governments to pay for the removal and recycling or long-term storage of solar panel waste.
The fund would insure that solar panels are safely decommissioned, recycled, or stored over the long-term, even if solar manufacturers go bankrupt.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-mounting-solar-panel-waste-problem
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