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Zero Landfill Solar Panel Recycling

No Waste. No Landfill. No Liability

Full-Service Recycling and Zero Waste


Comstock Metals set the new standard for solar panel recycling: no process waste, no landfilled materials, and no heavy metal contamination risk for recycled material reuse. 

We are a full-service solar panel recycler eliminating the legacy liability and material handling challenges of the largest solar generators, making us the most sustainable recycling destination for America’s solar waste.

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Comstock Metals Recycling Process

Our unique, proprietary solar panel recycling process eliminates the risk of legacy liability associated with residual heavy metal contamination that can stick to plastics. We recover 100% of useful materials from every solar panel, every time. 

Our process produces aluminum flakes, glass pearls, and metal tailings, which can then be safely reintroduced back into industrial supply chains. These materials are completely free of plastics and heavy metal contamination, making them sustainably reusable and safe for a wide range of commercial applications.

Full-Service End-of-Life
Solar Material Management


We reliably manage all end-of-life management for your solar project as a part of our end-to-end decommissioning and delamination recycling process solution, including panel racking and power storage systems. 

Zero Process Waste, Zero Landfill

Zero Landfill & Zero Waste

  • Our process produces zero waste, and we have not sent a single ounce of solar material to a landfill since commencing operation.
  • We certify to every customer that we will never send solar material to a landfill or reintroduce materials that might pose risks to the environment.
  • Our customers can rely on our commitment to only sending clean offtake into the manufacturing supply chain. 
Decommissioning & Logistics

Decommissioning & Logistics

  • We are a full-service end-of-life partner: we provide solar panel and power storage decommissioning, removal, palletization, banding, loading, transportation, logistics, and site restoration services.
  • Our full-service solution ensures all materials are handled and transported properly with required documentation and efficient logistics coordination.
  • We are the first certified R2v3 Appendix A, E, and G/RIOS  protocol certified solar panel recycling company in North America. 
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Our Process

  • Our process eliminates 100% of the heavy metal contamination that stick to adhesives, encapsulant, and plastic laminates, in every solar panel prior to final material separation.  
  • Heavy metal contamination that sticks to plastics are an environmental and human health risk if not removed prior to reuse, and that increases the possibility of panels winding up landfills.
  • Without our delamination process, recycled panels cannot be safely re-introduced into the downstream supply chain.
  • Our process is the only way to effectively separate a solar panel’s components safely and sustainably. 
Reporting & Traceability

Reporting & Traceability

  • We provide certified environmental and compliance reporting to confirm that all solar panels are recycled to the highest standards under the R2v3 Appendix A, E, and G and RIOS 2016 protocol.
  • Each customer receives a Certificate of Receipt confirming custody, responsibility, and the total weight diverted from landfill.
  • A Certificate of Destruction details how panels are processed into one of three heavy metal-free, clean products for reuse in industrial manufacturing.
  • Custom compliance and recycling documentation is available to verify all material streams are managed sustainably and full auditable.
R2v3 Certified

Beyond Compliance R2v3 RIOS Certified

Verified clean for downstream reuse of recycled materials.

Our delamination process is cleaner, auditable, compliant, reviewed, and certified by the most stringent solar panel recycling protocol today: R2v3 Appendix A, E, and G and RIOS Certified. 

  • We are the first R2v3 Appendix A, E, and G Certified dedicated solar panel recycler in North America with a unique, proprietary delamination process that creates clean and infinitely reusable offtake streams. 
  • We do not resell, repair, or refurbish solar panels.  
  • We only recycle solar panels and create highly sought after recycled materials (aluminum flakes, glass pearls, and metal tailings) that do not contain heavy metal contamination.

Connect for a Quote For a quote or to talk with our team about your end-of-life solar panel recycling needs, please email us at metals@comstockinc.com or click the button to get started.