Perhaps a better maxim is: wind turbine blades should be recycled if and only if it is better for the environment to do so. It is not clear why it would be bet

Perhaps a better maxim is: wind turbine blades should be recycled if and only if it is better for the environment to do so. It is not clear why it would be better to recycle them. Breaking things down for recycling costs a lot of energy, sometimes more than obtaining new materials and making the thing from scratch. For example, plastic recycling is a bad idea from an energy standpoint. As far as I understand, it was publicized by plastic companies so plastic sales would not risk being regulated (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24714880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24714880 and https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-recycling-myth-what-really-happens-your-rubbish https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/17/plastic-...). Some things (like metals) should be recycled though.