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> I just found out a few weeks ago that wind turbine blades are toxic trash when they age out. Do you have any information on that, I'd never heard of that be
by hactually 6y ago
> I just found out a few weeks ago that wind turbine blades are toxic trash when they age out.
Do you have any information on that, I'd never heard of that being the case?
- bfieidhbrjr 6y agoHere's one of the things I read: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759376113/unfurling-the-waste-problem-caused-by-wind-energy https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759376113/unfurling-the-waste... Another comment on this thread says it's all fine and I'm wrong, which is good news.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoApparently it's just extra fast replacement cycles due to the fact that the original designs weren't thought of this way.
- boulos 6y agoIn your original comment, you’d said “toxic”. toomuchtodo was right to note exactly what your source explains: they’re mostly recyclable (though many places aren’t ready for the blades because they’re so big!) and if not they can be scrapped and left in a landfill. Toxic means something specific, and isn’t just “can’t be recycled”.