Household Hazardous Waste
This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.
This item should never be put in a curbside bin. For more information visit our household hazardous waste page.
Problem with your solar panels? Contact your installer or service provider for repair options. If the panels need to be replaced but still operate, donate for reuse or contact a reseller (ex. Habitat for Humanity). In California, DTSC lists Universal Waste Recyclers that treat Solar Panels (PV Modules). Note that some recyclers only accept from large private companies or government contracts - not from consumers. Solar Panel Handlers consolidate and then send them to recyclers. Many panels don't make it to recyclers due to the cost to recycle per panel; panels are most often transported to other states for recycling.
The California Product Stewardship Council's Solar Panel Stewardship hosts the most current links to policy, studies, and articles on solar panels. Considering solar? PG&E's Residential Guide to Solar Installation. Solar Permitting Guidebook (4th Edition). The California Energy Commission maintains a list of PV modules available by manufacturer and model number, and includes the hazardous content. Updates from E-Scrap and E-Reuse Conference.
Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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Bay Area Electronics Recycling Center (Union City) | 33548 Central Ave | Union City | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Flat recycling, refurbishment & processing fee. $25/panel (up to 65lbs). No thin film units. $125/hr pick up fee or drop-off to UC Warehouse | |
GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Bulky Pickup. This item can be collected curbside for a fee or for no charge during your Clean Up Day. | |
Interco | 10 Fox Industrial Drive | Madison | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Pick-up | ||
SolarCycle | 4104 Balfour Ave | Oakland | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | SOLARCYCLE partners with residential, commercial and industrial (C&I), and utility companies to recycle solar systems at scale and help build a circular solar economy. | |
First Solar |
350 West Washington St Suite 600 |
Tempe | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | large quantities | |
ERI Direct |
7815 N. Palm Ave Ste 140 |
Fresno | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | By the pallet. Pricing | |
Jinko Solar (US) |
595 Market St Suite 2200 |
San Francisco | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity | |
e-Recycling of California | 31702 Hayman St | Hayward | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | On DTSC's List of Universal Waste Recyclers that treat PV modules | |
Solar Recycling Company Directory (ENF) | Oakland | Recycle | Free Mail-in | Online listing of companies providing recycling | ||
Electronic Recyclers International |
3243 S. East Ave #108 |
Fresno | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | On DTSC's List of Universal Waste Recyclers that Treat PV Modules | |
Metal & Catalyst Resources |
1513 West Dallas St Suite 200 |
Houston | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
PV Recycling | 2212 North 23rd Avenue | Phoenix | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Commercial quantity | |
CEAR, Inc. | 3678 Lemay St | Mather | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | On DTSC's List of Universal Waste Recyclers that treat PV modules | |
SRS (Solarsilicon Reycling Services) | 2433 Eastman Ave | Ventura | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Large/commercial quantity. ignot & ignot production equipment | |
GreenCitizen | 1831 Old Bayshore Hwy, Ste. #2 | Burlingame | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Non-broken monocrystalline and polycrystalline type of panel (Intact). $1.50/lb | |
WRS Materials | 2240 Ringwood Avenue | San Jose | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | wafer recycling | |
San Francisco Recycling | South San Francisco | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Panels are refurbished, and non-working and replaced parts are recycled when possible. $60/panel Broken panels, thin films and frames. Min trip fee $45-65 per trip applied depending on quantity & location. | ||
Surplus Service | 3090 Osgood Ct | Fremont | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Assn.) |
600 14th Street, NW Suite 400 |
Washington DC | Recycle | Free Mail-in | Online info. The National PV Recycling Program, founded in 2016, is a network of recycling and refurbishment providers that can provide end-of-life management services to solar and storage installers, project and system owners, developers, distributors and other parties. These organizations are capable of providing repair, refurbish, resale, and recycling services for PV modules, inverters and other solar equipment. | |
Silrec |
1792 Alysheba Way Suite 380 |
Lexington | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial entities. Recycles scrap silicon. |
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Alameda |
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