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Used solar panels cannot go into landfill, but recycling them is difficult and the profit margins are slim. Now, researchers say they have found an easy way to refine a substance from the panels that is worth more than...

Used solar panels cannot go into landfill, but recycling them is difficult and the profit margins are slim. Now, researchers say they have found an easy way to refine a substance from the panels that is worth more than...

Used solar panels cannot go into landfill, but recycling them is difficult and the profit margins are slim. Now, researchers say they have found an easy way to refine a substance from the panels that is worth more than...

Old solar panels with plenty of electricity still to give are being saved from landfill and reused by a not-for-profit organisation determined to address what is set to become a major waste issue. 

The race is on to establish a solar panel recycling industry before the renewable energy source's green credentials go to waste.

Australians may have only just started buying electric cars and household batteries – but several product recalls are showing that a national plan for dealing with renewable energy waste may already be needed.

The New South Wales south coast is powering ahead when it comes to alternative energy projects, with solar farms, and dairies soon to be powered by poo, plus a state-of-the-art recycling machine to eliminate the need for...

As more Victorians install solar panels, solar experts suggest we need to think ahead to how they can be recycled once they retire, or we will end up with an e-waste problem.

Experts fear the solar industry and governments have failed to make an environmentally-friendly plan for solar panels once they're ready to be tossed. Rosie King reports.

Solar panels are considered to be an environmentally friendly way to make electricity. But most only last a decade and then end up in landfill, despite being recyclable. 

The WA energy market operator is warning that the state could be at risk of blackouts if the grid is overwhelmed by the uptake of solar panels.

Look to the future, how are the lights in your house, your car and your community powered? The conversation is bigger than coal verse renewable. This is where recycling enters the conversation.

A Logan social enterprise is turning electronic trash into a global treasure, repurposing old laptop batteries to create a solar-powered solution for poverty-stricken families across the world.

La Trobe University wants to reach a zero emissions target within 10 years to try to be Victoria's first carbon-neutral tertiary facility.

There are no laws regulating the solar industry's waste, which experts predict could grow to a whopping 1,500 kilotons by 2050.