Guardian: people in India are recycling solar panels and getting money from it, and that's bad.
(Obviously I think Hussain's workers and Tayyab should have appropriate safety equipment, but Tayyab at least works for himself).
The numbers as usual are so contextless. CEEC study has Indian solar making cumulative 600,000 metric tons of waste by 2030 - but India produces about 3 million tons of glass waste *a year*, 45% of which is recycled, according to Karo Sambhav.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/india-clean-energy-solar-power-plant-panel-waste-recycling-pollution-regulation
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