First Solar Recycling
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First solar is one of the leading providers in the United States for solar energy resources that can be used by home owners. Like many other providers of solar energy, they have begun to consider what happens to solar products when they reach they end of their useful lifetimes. This has become more of an issue due to global industrialization as well as economic growth; there are more disposable products filling landfills than ever before. This company has taken responsibility for their contribution to solar waste by working to reduce the number of cells and panels that wind up in future landfills as waste. This is done through the practice of extender producer responsibility. They were the first energy provider to establish a pre funded and comprehensive program for collecting and recycling solar modules. This recycling program will be described in further detail below....