Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills

Posted by admin | Oct 15, 2020 | Latest, Technetronic Era | 0 |

Bloomberg

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.

A wind turbine’s blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan they can’t just be hauled away. First, you need to saw through the lissome fiberglass using a diamond-encrusted industrial saw to create three pieces small enough to be strapped to a tractor-trailer.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turbine-blades-can-t-be-recycled-so-they-re-piling-up-in-landfills?fbclid=IwAR3dV_0a0LiB5jZlfy3kplK9MqOu_zr28evrRLt6paAZMyoWLOGsIzFhoL4