How Solar Panel Waste Is Paving the Way to a More Sustainable Future
How solar panel materials can be re-purposed for pavement construction
Credit: This article is based on the scientific article “Applications of Solar Panel Waste in Pavement Construction — An Overview”by Malindu Sandanayake, Le Li, Junhai Zhao and Paul Joseph. (Full citation and link available at the end of the article)
With the increasing importance of renewable energy to mitigate the climate crisis, solar energy captured by solar panels becomes an increasingly powerful role. This is because solar power has several advantages, including being safe to use, being reliable, having a minimal environmental impact, and allowing efficient conversion to electricity. Especially newer generations of solar panels are efficient (further reading: How Solar Energy Technology Is Becoming More Efficient). That is why more and more individuals and businesses install solar panels, for example on roofs.
But with the increasing number of solar panels being installed, also a larger number of solar panels will reach their end-of-life in the near future. This is because solar panels have…
