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Residential and RV solar panels

How to safely dispose of residential solar panels

Solar panels

Examples of solar panels

  • Residential solar panels
  • RV solar panels
  • Solar panel lights for gardens, posts, fences and pathways

Panels made of:

  • Silicon (Monocrystalline & Polycrystalline)
  • Thin Film: solar panels with a thin film of photovoltaic material on a substrate such as glass, plastic or metal

How to dispose

There are two ways to dispose of solar panels depending on where you want to take them.

Electronics recycling drop-off

  • Take to an electronics recycling drop-off

Take old and broken solar panels for free to an electronics recycling drop-off. For full details, see Electronics Recycling program.

City Eco Centre recycling

  • Take to a City Eco Centre

Take old and broken solar panels for free to a City Eco Centre – if you bring with other garbage, charges will apply.

For full details, see Electronics Recycling program.

Special instructions

  • Do NOT put panels in your blue cart as these items can damage the equipment at the recycling facility.
  • For other options, please visit Alberta Recycling Management Authority for locations.

Map of electronics drop-off locations

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