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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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. | |
Solar Recycling Company Directory (ENF) | Oakland | Recycle | Free Mail-in | Online listing of companies providing recycling | ||
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. | |
SRS (Solarsilicon Reycling Services) | 2433 Eastman Ave | Ventura | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | Large/commercial quantity. ignot & ignot production equipment | |
Surplus Service | 3090 Osgood Ct | Fremont | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
We Recycle Solar |
4742 N 24th St Suite 300 |
Phoenix | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity. Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline, and assorted thin film PV cells; batteries; inverters; mounts and racks. | |
We Recycle Solar |
4742 N 24th St Suite 300 |
Phoenix | Safe Disposal | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity. Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline, and assorted thin film PV cells; batteries; inverters; mounts and racks. | |
WRS Materials | 2240 Ringwood Avenue | San Jose | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | wafer recycling |
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Alameda |
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Castro Valley Sanitary District |
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Hayward |
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
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Livermore |
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Newark |
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Piedmont |
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Pleasanton |
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San Leandro |
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1) |
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