So who is going to pay for this service? I doubt it will pay for itself.
You will pay the tax, just like bottle recycling.
The smart ones amongst us would have moved to Afghanistan and changed our name to Mohammed. Then go looking for the American Generals and offering ‘help’ as informants. The money is easier than the solar business and just as crooked.
Too late.
I saw the story about this plant about a month ago on YouTube. I am sure if you search for it you can find it. Some of the panels they had were only a few years old.
There is a market for the components that come out of solar panels. However, there may ALSO be a COST to dispose of your old panels. I do not believe that you can take these old panels to your local landfill.
I paid $.10/lb just this past weekend to take my 51 year old sliding door to the transfer station in the town next door to me. It was a 1972 Pella door. It weighed 280 pounds according to the scale. SO, I paid them $28 cash money to get rid of my old door.
As another total opposite example of recycling I recently visited a scrap yard in Idaho. They had a machine the cuts up catalytic converters. It separates out the rare earth elements and vacuums up all the dust. When the 55 gallon drums are full of dust they are worth over $12K. FYI, I asked what CC was worth the most. It was the Ford Expedition. They have two worth $850 EACH. Now, I know why people steel them so a sawsall so frequently. They had 24/7 monitored security on the warehouse that housed the machine and inventory of catalytic converters.