Solar Panel Recycling & Disposal Brisbane
Certified end-of-life recycling for solar panels, inverters and cabling. 95% of every panel recovered — and a chain-of-custody certificate so you can prove it.
★ 4.9 / 147 Brisbane reviews · Backed by PV Industry Stewardship Program
Why you can't just bin old solar panels
Solar panels are regulated e-waste in Queensland. Landfill disposal is illegal, environmentally harmful and increasingly an audit risk for businesses and strata.
Landfill is illegal in QLD for e-waste
Under the QLD Waste Reduction and Recycling Act, solar panels are e-waste. Dumping them at a council transfer station risks $13,000+ in fines for homeowners and $66,000+ for businesses.
Toxic heavy metals leach into soil
Older panels contain lead, cadmium and antimony in solder and cell layers. Crushed in landfill, these contaminants leach into groundwater for decades.
95% of the panel is recoverable
Glass, aluminium frame, copper wiring, silicon wafers and silver contacts are all recovered and re-enter Australian manufacturing supply chains.
Insurance & corporate ESG
Insurers, builders and ASX-listed property owners increasingly require certified recycling evidence for solar removed from their assets — not a tip receipt.
We pick up — you don't haul
No trips to the recycling depot. We collect from your site, your installer's yard or your roof during a removal job, and handle all paperwork.
Backed by Product Stewardship scheme
iDeal Solar is signed up to the national PV Industry Stewardship Program — every panel is traceable from your roof to the recycling line.
What gets recovered from every panel
A typical 22 kg residential panel returns this material breakdown after processing at our certified partner facility.
Glass
70%Re-melted for flat-glass manufacturing
Aluminium frame
18%Smelted back into extrusion stock
Polymer backsheet
5%Energy recovery / pelletised
Silicon cells
4%Crushed, purified, returned to wafer mfg
Copper wiring & busbars
1%Smelted for new electrical conductors
Silver contacts
<1%Refined — high-value recovery
Fixed-price recycling options
From a single panel to commercial decommissioning of entire rooftop arrays — transparent Brisbane pricing.
Drop-off
- Open Mon–Fri, 7am–4pm
- Any quantity from 1 panel up
- Chain-of-custody certificate emailed
- Includes broken / damaged panels
Brisbane Metro Pickup
- Fully insured collection vehicle
- We supply pallets, straps, lifting
- Same-week booking available
- Includes inverters, isolators, MC4s
- Chain-of-custody certificate
Bulk / Commercial
- Volume pricing from $9/panel
- Decommissioning crew included
- ESG-grade audit report
- Multi-site collection across SEQ
- Insurance-claim documentation
- 30-day net invoicing
"Free pickup" cowboys are dumping in regional QLD
QLD EPA has prosecuted multiple operators in 2024–25 for collecting panels for "free" then illegally dumping them on rural properties. If a quote doesn't include a chain-of-custody certificate naming the recycling facility, walk away.
How recycling works
Four steps from your roof or yard to recovered raw materials.
Quote in under 1 hour
Tell us how many panels, where they are (roof, ground, on a pallet) and we confirm fixed-price pickup or drop-off within the hour.
We collect & document
Brisbane metro pickup is same-week. We log every panel serial number for the chain-of-custody record before it leaves your site.
Processed at certified facility
Panels are transported to our partner recycling plant — accredited under the national PV Stewardship Program — where they're shredded, separated and recovered.
Certificate emailed in 7 days
You receive a PDF chain-of-custody certificate listing every serial number, weight processed and recovery percentages — perfect for insurance, ESG or council compliance.
Frequently asked questions
Brisbane homeowners' and businesses' top questions on panel disposal.
Old solar to recover, not bury
Book a Brisbane pickup or drop-off in under a minute. Full chain-of-custody certificate emailed within 7 days.