Help I did that to my cat and now it won’t speak to me anymore

Depends on how you define eco friendly.

The old panels already exist so if you can use them without having to transport them across the world (like the parent comment suggests), continuing to use them is eco-friendlier than producing new ones, which requires additional CO2 from manufacturing

I wonder if new panels last even better, since there’s been more R&D done and manufacturers should have more experience now