Comments on: SPR launches dedicated bifacial solar panel recycling lines /2025/01/spr-launches-dedicated-bifacial-solar-panel-recycling-line-at-north-carolina-facility/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:51:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Solarman2 /2025/01/spr-launches-dedicated-bifacial-solar-panel-recycling-line-at-north-carolina-facility/#comment-148612 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:51:27 +0000 /?p=108238#comment-148612 “Unlike partial recyclers who shred whole panels — commingling silicon, glass, metals and plastics into unusable waste — SPR’s process ensures clean separation of all components. This allows each material to return to the manufacturing supply chain, significantly reducing waste and supporting a circular economy.”

Grind and mine seems to have its place, it is the handling of the so called “black mass” process that makes or breaks the recycling endeavor. First Solar has had a cradle to cradle recycling program in place since 2003. I have not come across articles about how effective this program has been, it would be interesting to see how this program has worked over the past 22 years.

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