The pilot aims to collect up to 250,000 solar panels from 100 sites across the country to gather data on how best to recycle them.

In a parliamentary committee hearing today, officials from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water explained some of the challenges the pilot faced.

Cameron Hutchison, from the department’s packaging, stewardship and investment branch, said the recycling issue might be bigger than the federal government anticipated.

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