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Expiring solar panels, EV batteries and wind turbines can create huge waste
Renewable energy has been said to be a boon for climate action. But what happens to the pile of waste generated as the first wave of renewable energy sources reaches the end of its shelf life?
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Workers placing loose mobile phone batteries onto a conveyor belt to be shredded at the TES Singapore battery recycling facility in Tuas.
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The green energy revolution has an image problem: growing amounts of waste.
But a recycling company in Singapore’s Tuas industrial district is trying to address this by turning old lithium-ion batteries into new ones, while another firm in Tuas is making solar panels more efficient and easier to recycle.
