- Solar energy is being utilized more and more across the nation, including right here in the Big Bend and South Georgia.
- With an average lifespan of 25-30 years, the question of what happens to solar panels at the end of their life isn’t a huge concern right now, but is there a plan in place for what to do with their waste heading into the future?
- Watch the video above to see what happens to solar panels that need to be discarded here in Tallahassee and the current options for recycling those panels.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
As the nation transitions to cleaner energy sources, solar panels like these are becoming more common in our neighborhoods. I’m First To Know Meteorologist Riley Winch in Northeast Tallahassee, where I’m looking into what happens to these solar panels when they reach the end of their life in Florida’s Capital City.
“When the power goes out and the grid goes down, I don’t even notice it.”…