Featured in Moving in circles – 09-2024

UP: Saving the US module recycling market

Emilie O’Leary specializes in an often-overlooked aspect of the US solar industry – recycling. From her base in Atlanta, Georgia, she told pv magazine why she decided to try and tackle the obscene quantities of waste the industry generates.

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Blathnaid O’Dea

06 Sep 2024

“Even though we are promoting and building this green resource powered by the sun, we’re filling the Earth with all this waste” – Emilie O’Leary, Green Clean Solar. | Photo: Green Clean Solar

Describing her work in solar recycling, Emilie O’Leary said “It’s a very common picture, when we go to a site that there’s hundreds, if not thousands, of materials that are either left over from the installation process or don’t get used. We come out, stack them, load them into the trucks and get them to …

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