Comstock Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Comstock Metals LLC, a pioneer in sustainable, zero-landfill solar panel recycling is the first solar panel recycling company in North America to be certified to the R2v3/RIOS Responsible Recycling Standard, and specifically to Appendix G that authenticates a zero-waste recycling process that safely repurposes each recycled material into new commercial applications. Comstock Metals has demonstrated panel processing with proprietary thermal methods, producing 100% commodity-ready products. All parts of the panel, including glass, aluminum, and fines, are fully recycled.
SERI is an accredited third-party auditor certifying recycling facilities and their downstream vendors for responsible recycling of electronic products. The R2v3 Responsible Recycling Standard and Appendix G certifies Comstock Metals鈥� primary recycling facility and photovoltaic (PV) module recycling processes, validating our entire operation is conducted with the highest level of safety and environmental stewardship. As part of the certification process, Comstock Metals was audited through each of its downstream vendors to ensure strict compliance to the same safety, environmental, and recycling standards the R2 certification requires for accreditation. The Comstock Metals鈥� facility has now operated for over one year.
鈥淭he SERI certification is an outstanding achievement for the entire system and by our extended team, including suppliers and customers. Everyone worked relentlessly since our initial commissioning in January of 2024 to ensure that the entire supply chain can rest assured that our promise of no waste, no landfills, and the elimination of liability from contaminants downstream of material recycling and recovery has been truly solved,鈥� stated Dr. Fortunato Villamagna, President of Comstock Metals. 鈥淥ur proprietary clean and efficient thermal recycling process coupled with our diligent quality control of every aspect of our processing services delivers repeatedly predictable and effective results. Our upstream and downstream customers depend on this reliability and frankly, certainty in the responsible elimination of liability.鈥�
Comstock Metals has now received independent certification that at each step in the panel procurement and recycling process, including transportation, handling, receiving, storage, processing, and downstream recycled materials reuse, Comstock Metals met or exceeded the environmental and safety standards requisite for consistent performance, reliability and predictability of our demonstrated operational and recycling expertise. This certification comes as Comstock Metals aggressively pursues expansion of their industry leading recycling services, that best ensures all stakeholders in this domestic, critical mineral and renewable energy value chain, will uphold their commitment to environmental stewardship.
鈥淥ur systems were innovatively designed by Fortunato and the team for this very purpose; efficient, clean, fast, and effective elimination of environmental liabilities and reuse of all of the generated materials. Not 50 percent, or 80 percent or even up to 95 percent. Quality for us is defined as reliable, predictable, certifiable 100% zero landfill solution,鈥� stated Corrado De Gasperis, Executive Chairman and CEO of Comstock Inc. 鈥淲e differentiate on these sustainable and reliable capabilities. We could not be prouder of the team, and we are extremely well positioned for rapid scaling and growth.鈥�