Solar Panel Radioactive Waste

The problem of solar panel waste is now becoming evident.

Solar panel radioactive waste.

The 1982 nuclear waste policy act prioritizes deep geologic repositories for safe storage and or disposal of radioactive waste. The article never states that the toxic waste from solar panels is radioactive. By duggan flanakin the problem of solar panel waste is now becoming evident. Solar panel waste is a rapidly growing problem that is being ignored by supposedly clean energy advocates but some eyes are opening.

While nuclear waste is contained in heavy drums and regularly monitored solar waste outside of europe today ends up in the larger global stream of electronic waste. As environmental journalist emily folk admits in renewable energy magazine when talking about renewable energy the topic of waste does. Unfortunately 25 years after being designated as the disposal site nevada s yucca mountain has never opened because of conflicts among politicians locals anti nuclear activists. Approximately 90 of most pv modules are made up of glass.

However pv solar panel waste was not included in this mandate until july 2012 and some uncertainty remains about the cutoff date for such wastes because the directive has yet to be implemented in national laws. Tao meng lead author of a new study says the big blind spot in the u s. Solar panels generate mountains of waste and heat the planet. Solar panels generate 300 times more toxic waste per unit of energy than nuclear power plants.

As environmental journalist emily folk admits in renewable energy magazine when talking about renewable energy the topic of waste does not often. The 1982 nuclear waste policy act prioritizes deep geologic repositories for safe storage and or disposal of radioactive waste. Although it does state this. Worse rainwater can wash many of these toxics out of the fragments of solar modules over time.

As environmental journalist emily folk admits in renewable energy magazine when talking about renewable energy the topic of waste does not often appear she attributes this to the supposed pressures of climate change and alleged. They also contain lead cadmium and other toxic even carcinogenic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel. For recycling is that the cost far exceeds the revenue by nearly 10 to 1 especially when including transportation costs. Solar panels often contain lead cadmium and other toxic chemicals that cannot be removed without breaking apart the entire panel.

Again still nothing for solar. Unscrupulous companies ship solar panel waste to developing nations but that is a stopgap solution that is environmentally irresponsible.