“The problem, solar panel disposal ‘is exploding, it will wreck the environment’ ‘it's a huge amount of waste and not easy to recycle,’” writes energy analyst Michael Shellenberger, his Forbes column headlined “If Solar Panels Are So Clean, Why Do They Produce So Much Toxic Waste?”, “The reality is that there is a problem now, it’s only going to get larger, expanding as rapidly as the PV industry 10 years ago” researchers from the Institute for Photovoltaics Germany found that “contrary to previous assumptions, pollutants such as lead or carcinogenic cadmium can be almost completely washed out of the fragments of solar modules over a period of several months, for example by rainwater.”https://climatechangedispatch.com/turns-out-green-energy-is-a-dirty-business/