False Claim #3: Solar panels generate too much waste and will overwhelm our
landfills.
“Solar panels pose a huge risk for overfilling the landfills.”
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The amount of waste that solar panels are expected to generate over the next few decades is trivial compared to the
amount of waste that will be generated by fossil fuels. A study published in Nature Physics in October 2023 found that “35
years of cumulative PV module waste (2016-2050) is dwarfed by the waste generated by fossil fuel energy and other
common waste streams.” Specifically, the study found that “if we do not decarbonize and transition to renewable energy
sources, coal ash and oily sludge waste generated by fossil fuel energy would be 300-800 times and 2-5 times larger [in
mass], respectively, than PV module waste.”
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