Circular Solutions: Assessing the Viability of Photovoltaic Waste Recycling in the United Kingdom - Volume 15 Number 5 (2024) - International Journal of Environmental Science and Development

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Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom<br /> <span class="uplabel">2</span>Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, Electrical Engineering Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia<br /> <span class="uplabel">3</span>Department of Electrical Engineering, Jubail Industrial College, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia<br /> <span class="uplabel">4</span>Faculty of Applied Social Science, University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia<br /> Email: dharmeshparmar002@gmail.com (D.G.P.); f.muhammadsukki@napier.ac.uk (F.M.-S.); sitihawa@unikl.edu.my (S.H.A.-B.); masud_a@jic.edu.sa (A.A.M.); mkhairulamri@unisza.edu.my (M.K.A.K)<br /> <sup>*</sup>Corresponding author<br />  </div> <div class="hs_date">Manuscript received June 11, 2024; revised July 18, 2024; accepted August 1, 2024; published September 26, 2024</div> <div class="page-txt"><p><em>Abstract</em>—The demand for the generation of energy using photovoltaics (PV) has risen exponentially in recent times all over the world. The United Kingdom (UK) has also made a rapid increase in PV installations and is implementing more developing plans in the future as it is focusing on generating significant amount of electricity using photovoltaics. These PV installations will become waste in future. Hence, it is important to plan the end-of-life management of PV waste. This paper gives an insight into the current and future scenarios of PV waste recycling in the UK with literature reviews, discussions on recycling methods and cost benefit analysis. It shows a projection of PV waste in future, by exploring the installation of a recycling facility based on Full Recovery End of Life Photovoltaic (FRELP) method of recycling in Cornwall, UK. From the analysis, it was calculated that the recycling facility could generate total yearly revenue of £5,852,745.80 approximately with a profit of £92,435.14.<br/><br/><em>Keywords</em>—photovoltaic, photovoltaic waste, cost-benefit analysis<br/><br/></p><p><a href="vol15/IJESD-V15N5-1492.pdf">[PDF]</a></p><p>Cite: Dharmesh Ganpatsinh Parmar, Firdaus Muhammad-Sukki, Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar, Abdullahi Abubakar Mas'ud, and Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin, "Circular Solutions: Assessing the Viability of Photovoltaic Waste Recycling in the United Kingdom," <em>International Journal of Environmental Science and Development</em> vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 240-249, 2024.</p><p>Copyright © 2024 by the authors. 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