Similar problems with old windmills and here with depleted contaminated fuel cells using natural gas.
Greenie politicians seldom consider lifetime of these things and consequences of disposal or recycle.
You mean like the right wingers just ignore and deny CO2 climate change? A key question is if a solar panel or windmill parts that wind up in the landfill are significantly worse, more dangerous, than all the other waste that goes in every day from all the other things we use up and throw away. At least these last 25 plus years.
After seeing the below, I wonder about the rest of that article:
For the record:
7:13 p.m. July 15, 2022: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized the environmental risk posed by heavy metals in consumer photovoltaic arrays. This story has been edited to clarify that panels containing toxic materials are routed for disposal to landfills with extra safeguards against leakage, and to note that panels that contain cadmium and selenium are primarily used in utility-grade applications.An earlier version of this article also misattributed a statement by Evelyn Butler, vice president of technical services at the Solar Energy Industries Assn., to Jen Bristol, the group’s senior director of communications. It also misidentified the group as the Solar Energy Industry Assn.
An earlier version of this article also failed to properly attribute quotes by Jigar Shah, director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, to their source, a 2020 interview with PV Magazine. The article has also been updated to reflect Shah’s current professional affiliation as well as that of Sam Vanderhoof.
An earlier version of this article also stated that 25 years was the life cycle of photovoltaic panels; the text has been updated to reflect that 25 to 30 years is the typical service life but not a fixed limit. Additionally, in a discussion of transporting photovoltaic panels to recycling or hazardous waste disposal facilities, the word “cells” has been changed to “panels” for accuracy.
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