Just as one truck leaves, another rolls in.Almost every day, Anthony Vippond’s solar recycling plant in Melbourne’s north receives dozens of used solar panels.In the car park, multiple tilting towers of the devices, held together by tie-downs, take up the spaces.Right now, a lot of them come from schools as the state government upgrades or replaces about 500 solar panel systems.Others come from businesses, homes or solar farms from rural Victoria. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of solar panel waste is expected in Australia by 2030, according to the federal government.(ABC News: Rachel Clayton)Some have large holes shot through the middle, others are smashed, but most have no damage at all and have been cast aside because they are not as efficient as they once were.All those used panels have to go somewhere, and it cannot be landfill; Victoria, South Australia and the ACT have…
Solar panels are leading the clean energy revolution, but recycling them isn’t easy
