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How a US Factory Is Recycling Solar Panels into New Glass
Lucas and Luna visit a first-of-its-kind solar panel recycling facility in Georgia that recovers 98 percent of materials from decommissioned photovoltaic modules. The hosts walk through the mechanical and thermal separation process, the economics of reclaiming silver and high-purity silicon, and why the plant only works if utilities commit to buying recycled-content glass. A look at the circular-economy bottleneck for the solar industry and one company's bet on closing the loop before the first wave of panel retirements hits in 2030.
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