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EDMONTON – Solar panel piles will be a thing of the past in Alberta landfills.
The provincial government has announced it is launching North America’s first solar panel recycling program to “protect landfill space, recover valuable resources and build a new recycling industry.”
Beginning Oct. 1, Alberta will become the first province in Canada to operate a solar panel recycling program and is banning solar panels from landfill disposal.
The release notes Alberta has the second-largest installed solar capacity in Canada. By 2045, more than 95 per cent of the solar panels currently installed in Alberta are expected to reach the end of their lives, generating as much as 72,700 tonnes of material.
The panels themselves contain glass, aluminum, silicon, silver, copper and other metals. “Instead of burying those resources, Alberta’s new system will recover them for use in new products, attract investment in collection and processing capacity, and help establish a new recycling industry here at home,” the release reads.
An environmental fee of $14 will apply to each new solar panel supplied in Alberta beginning Oct. 1. For a typical residential installation of 20 panels, the proposed fee would total $280.
The fee will ensure money is available to collect, transport and recycle panels when they reach the end of their lives. It will only apply to new panels supplied after the program begins.
Most solar panels have an expected lifespan of about 25 years. Alberta and the Alberta Recycling Management Authority will work with industry to build reuse and recycling capacity in Alberta as volumes increase.
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