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This article is pretty light on details. The main things that matter when recycling is how much of a cost savings over new is possible and how much the resultin
by idiotsecant 5y ago
This article is pretty light on details. The main things that matter when recycling is how much of a cost savings over new is possible and how much the resulting material is degraded by the process. You can 'recycle' anything with enough money and enough tolerance of bad product.
- 8bitsrule 5y agoGood news, but agreed. GE announced a shred-to-cement program in 2020 (27% cement CO2 reduction ). That was better than sending (currently 8000 blades/year) to landfills. A few more details from Ryan Ginder in links below. Looks like it's a better way to 'extract the glass fiber reinforcement and use it to make higher value recycled composites'. He claims 'the process is material-agnostic'. https://mabe.utk.edu/ut-receives-funding-to-recycle-wind-turbine-blades/ https://mabe.utk.edu/ut-receives-funding-to-recycle-wind-tur... [2020] https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/4/2/24 https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/4/2/24 [2019] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0cGugRe1w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0cGugRe1w [11:45]