Tracking down this link, I find that it has been 'archived'.
"The paper was originally posted on January 6, 2021; however, it did not follow the appropriate review process before posting and it contained misleading and incorrect information, so the document was removed from the EPA website."
I have no idea what the paper said, or what was problematic. From other actions of the EPA around that time, we can guess.
Regardless of the EPA report, this post is an accurate statement of the basic challenge.
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Robert McGrath
Software Engineer (retired)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Original Message:
Sent: Feb 22, 2021 10:52 AM
From: Nathan Vandiver
Subject: The Future Problem of Solar Waste and How to Combat It
The EPA released a briefing (EPA Releases Briefing Paper on Renewable Energy Waste Management | US EPA) where it predicts the US will have roughly 10 million tons of solar waste by the year 2050, with China doubling that number by the same year. Solar arrays have about a 30-year life cycle, but countries across the world are quickly adopting solar energy in droves. How to properly dispose of these arrays is a question that the solar community needs to start addressing sooner rather than later. How might we go about it?
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Nathan Vandiver
nava8795@colorado.edu
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