[aivisol]

> imagine most of the desert in California converted to solar What is an average life time of a solar panel? What happens after it ended its service? Can you recycle them or they will just end up in a massive landfill?

[adrianN]

https://www.epa.gov/hw/solar-panel-recycling

But I wouldn't worry about putting them in a landfill either. They're not particularly dangerous.

[ncmncm]

They will be recycled, because ultra-pure silicon is very valuable. Likewise, cadmium and tellurium.

Voicing worries about used up solar panels is cheap concern trolling.