Comstock Metals is establishing a solar panel recycling facility in Cambridge, Ohio. The operation is expected to create 20 fulltime positions. Comstock will receive a $75,000 JobsOhio grant, which was facilitated by OhioSE.
Comstock Metals specializes in industrial-scale recycling of end-of-life solar panels, that recovers valuable materials, including aluminum, copper, silver and glass, using a fully circular, zero-landfill solution. The company has an operational recycling facility in Silver Springs, Nevada, that it is scaling to recycle “100,000 tons of solar panels” annually. The company previously said it could recycle 3 million solar panels annually.
Comstock intends to expand its capacity at the Ohio plant to produce aluminum, silver and glass bead outputs for resale into Midwest industrial supply chains.
“Our new Cambridge facility in Ohio is an integral part of our growing national capacity of logistics, storage and recycling of end-of-life solar materials that are decommissioning across the country,” said Corrado De Gasperis, CEO of Comstock Inc. “We truly appreciate the collaboration with JobsOhio and OhioSE for supporting and enabling these jobs. The speed that we build these human systems and deploy our recycling network is critical to keeping these hazardous materials out of our landfills, communities and eco-systems.”
Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Nevada, Comstock Metals has built a national customer base across the Southwest, Midwest and eastern United States. The Cambridge facility will enable Comstock Metals to reduce long-distance transportation costs, which can account for 30 to 50% of total recycling expenses, while better serving its growing Midwest and eastern U.S. customer base. The company has identified a 21,570-ft2 facility with an adjacent laydown yard.
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