AMMAN — A
local study found that waste from photovoltaic (PV) panels in the governorates
of Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun, and
Mafraq (the study area), will reach 89,245 cubic
meters, and that hazardous materials they contain, such as plastic, metals, silicon,
and glass, will top 33,022 tonnes at the end of a panel’s lifespan, by 2040,
the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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The study,
conducted by a Jordanian research team from local universities, showed that
after the year 2040, the weight of lead in the waste will reach up to 79
tonnes, of tin 39 tonnes, of plastic 3,669 tonnes, of aluminum 3,406 tonnes,
and of glass 24,443 tonnes, and pointed that recycling the waste carries great
economic potential.
The research aims
to shed light on and offer an estimate of the size of PV waste in the coming
decades in the Kingdom, and its projected economic and
environmental impact, by
highlighting the quantities of waste materials in northern Jordan as a sample
that can be generalized in the rest of the Kingdom.
The study, which
was published in an international journal, called for spreading awareness about
waste from PV panels and how the sectors dealing with photovoltaic solar
energy, including companies, installers, legislators, and other concerned
bodies should deal with them at the end of their lifespan.
It recommended
highlighting the waste that will result, stressing the need to introduce
legislation and instructions to regulate and impose measures for the safe and
proper management of the waste.
It also recommended
designating waste-collection areas to prevent pollution, and building
facilities to treat, recycle or reuse waste.
According to reports, installed PV capacity worldwide was
about 410GIGAWATTS in 2017; it is expected to soar to 5,000GW by 2050, and that
global PV solar energy waste will reach 5–15 percent of the total capacity
generation by 2030, assuming that the average lifespan of a PV panel is 25
years, the study showed.
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