<h1>Study urges national solar-panel recycling ecosystem with 300 facilities, Rs 4,200 crore investment under E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022</h1> A study projects India will generate about 11 million tonnes of solar panel waste by 2047, prompting recommendations to establish a domestic recycling ecosystem requiring nearly 300 facilities and Rs 4,200 crore investment; recovery could create a Rs 3,700 crore market and substitute significant raw materials while cutting emissions. The analysis identifies current commercial recycling as unviable without subsidies or EPR mechanisms, noting buy-back costs drive losses, and advises enforcing Extended Producer Responsibility targets under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, creating a Circular Solar Taskforce, centralized inventory, design-for-recyclability mandates, and fiscal and R&D support to make recycling legally and economically feasible.