How a Brisbane shed is turning old solar panels into silver and copper

In a 50m shed south of Brisbane, solar panels are being turned into silver and copper.

Photovoltaic panels no longer capable of producing electricity are having their aluminium and wires removed before being ground up and refined into plastic, glass, silicon, silver and copper. So far, nothing has gone to waste.

The Pan Pacific Recycling director, John Hill, says recovering the materials, with no toxic fumes and nothing going to landfill, is a “big game changer to the whole industry worldwide”.

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Source: The Guardian

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