Material recovery for the US solar industry
Solar panels, recovered instead of landfilled.
Lean Recycle collects end-of-life, damaged and warranty-return panels from sites across the United States and recycles them into materials for new products.

Wherever panels come off the grid.
View all servicesFrom any site to recycled material.
We arrange the freight, recycle every panel and send you a certificate for each load.
- CollectFull-truckload pickup from any US site
- DismantleFrames and junction boxes removed
- SeparateOur recycling line separates the materials
- Recover & certifyMaterials to market, certificate to you
Built for the people who own the panels.
Developers & asset owners
Repowering and decommissioning programs that need a documented end-of-life path.
EPCs & installers
Breakage and replaced modules collected without tying up your laydown yard.
Manufacturers & distributors
Warranty returns, off-spec stock and inventory write-offs, with documentation.
Utilities
Utility-scale volumes handled on a scheduled, full-truckload basis.
Insurers & adjusters
Storm losses cleared and recycled, with records for the claim file.
Commercial & residential
Rooftop replacements consolidated through installers into full loads.
Our first facility
Nationwide pickup, processed in Missouri City, Texas.
Panels travel by full truckload from sites across the country to our processing line near Houston.




