Solar Panel Recycling The Next Billion-Dollar Green Opportunity
Mechanical recycling using shredding and grinding to recover glass, aluminum, and silicon currently dominates, but advanced methods like laser, chemical, and thermal recycling are gaining ground due to their higher efficiency and purity of material recovery. A recent breakthrough in automation enables up to 99.3% material recovery using just 1 kWh of energy per panel. Significant investments are following these innovations, including the construction of a $344 million facility with a 5 GW processing capacity. Regulatory push in North America and Europe is further accelerating funding in infrastructure and R&D.
Pune, Maharashtra, India, 18th Jun 2025 – The Solar Panel Recycling market reached a valuation of USD 173.4 million in 2023, with projections indicating growth to USD 471.2 milli...