The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 of the United Nations, averring clean and affordable energy, urges the world to adapt to renewable energy technologies; a major such technology is solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Presently, the increasing trend of solar panel establishments and potential waste production at the end-of-life have exacerbated the electronic waste (e-waste) situation necessitating the need to recycle these e-wastes for, ‘cleaning of this cleaner energy’. This study draws on the recycling status of solar PV panels in countries such as Bangladesh as well as South and Southeast Asian countries. The study revealed that recycling trends in these countries are in their nascent stages. Especially since the established solar panels have not reached a recyclable phase yet considering the 20–25-years life span of the panels. However, it is only a matter of time before the overburden of such wastes may bore on these countries (as waste generated globally is estimated to be 78 million tons by 2050). As a result, we implore upon the necessity of policymaking, properly defining these wastes, employing proper establishments and groups to recycle the waste, and subsequently adhering to a circular economy model in the solar panel establishments for environmental safeguard.

联合国可持续发展目标（SDG）7主张提供清洁且负担得起的能源，敦促世界适应可再生能源技术；此类主要技术是太阳能光伏（PV）板。目前，太阳能电池板设施的增加趋势和报废时潜在的废物产生加剧了电子废物（电子废物）的情况，因此需要回收这些电子废物以“清洁这种更清洁的能源”。这项研究借鉴了孟加拉国以及南亚和东南亚国家等国家太阳能光伏板的回收状况。研究表明，这些国家的回收趋势尚处于萌芽阶段。特别是考虑到太阳能电池板的使用寿命为 20-25 年，现有太阳能电池板尚未达到可回收阶段。然而，此类废物给这些国家带来的沉重负担只是时间问题（预计到 2050 年，全球产生的废物将达到 7800 万吨）。因此，