Tonnes of solar panels could end up on the scrap heap unless the Government acts now, experts have warned.
There are around 25million solar panels in the UK and as 2.5billion globally.
Governments across the world, the UK included, have been pushing for green alternatives to fossil fuels in order to hit emission targets in a bid to tackle climate change.
But as the first generation of solar panels are expected to die off in the coming years, experts have warned that many could end up in landfill rather than recycled because of a drastic lack of infrastructure.
Currently, there is only one recycling plant in the whole of the UK that specialises in recycling solar panels but this is a small operation in Scunthorpe.
However, the company is currently only stockpiling the panels and when they have ‘enough stock’ then they will ‘invest in the equipment to recycle them’, a spokesman told Mail Online, adding that it was ‘early days in the industry’.
The only place in the entire world that will recycle solar panels on an industrial scale is the first Return of Silicon Plant (ROSI) in France, which was due to open last month.
