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Do you have a source for blades often being made of toxic material? The Bloomberg article a poster linked above makes it seem like it's completely safe to store
by flor1s 6y ago
Do you have a source for blades often being made of toxic material? The Bloomberg article a poster linked above makes it seem like it's completely safe to store the blades in landfill: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turbine-blades-can-t-be-recycled-so-they-re-piling-up-in-landfills https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turb...
- jabl 6y agoThey are usually made of fibreglass or carbon fibre. Somewhat nasty and almost impossible to recycle, but also fairly inert. Of all the environmental challenges humanity faces, landfilling old wind turbine blades is quite a long way down the list.