We’ve been asked why a solar company would get hazardous waste licensing and why a waste management company does solar installations. They are fair questions. The answer is simple. They had separate beginnings. The waste management part came first, then came the solar and battery part. We kept them separate and didn’t group them into a larger “environmental services” offering.
Two teams, not one blurred one
Our waste management teams manage waste. Our solar teams manage solar. We never ask a solar installer to help us with hazardous waste compliance and we never ask a waste engineer to design a battery system. Covering both skill sets is not an option.
Where they genuinely overlap
Batteries are one of the few things we offer that actually cross over. Once the battery is used and reaches end of life, it is considered hazardous waste and cannot just be tossed in the trash. It certainly cannot be left for a waste collector to pick up.
Most solar companies won’t be able to help you if your battery needs to be disposed of, as they only do installations. We are fully capable of helping customers with both waste management and solar services as we are one company.
What this means in practice
You won’t have to worry about replacement and disposal issues if we install your solar and battery systems since hazardous waste disposal is a service we already provide. We have handled hazardous waste since before we ever installed a solar panel, so we can easily deal with battery disposal.
You can check out Battery Recycling & Disposal for more information on our disposal process and About Us for more information on the rest of our services.