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I studied in a lot of detail the waste generated by dismantling wind turbine blades while working for a wind manufacturer. If we were to recycle today all the

I studied in a lot of detail the waste generated by dismantling wind turbine blades while working for a wind manufacturer. If we were to recycle today all the blades of all the turbines in the world reaching 20 years of age, the weight would be equivalent to a few hours of household waste generated only in the UK. So the amount of waste is completely trivial (at this point), and it can be down-cycled easily (some companies turn it into plastics, cement, etc).

hvidgaard 10y ago
That sounds like appeles to oranges. The issue with rotorblades is that they're made of a composite that we at best can turn into a building material. We cannot currently break it down to it's components, nor can we do that with the down cycled material. That is in sharp contrast to the vast majority of household waste which we can break down and recycle, or just safely burn it.