Wind blades do not exude toxic substances when buried in landfills but take up a great deal of space. Old turbine blades as long as 120 feet are cut into 40-foot sections before disposal.

Although wind turbines generate electricity via an eco-friendly process, the giant blades of those turbines typically end up in landfills once they wear out. That could change, however ...

NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Aug. 27 ... ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful ... New Theory Could Improve the Design ...

The researchers demonstrated an end-of-life strategy for the PECAN blades and proposed recovery and reuse strategies for each component. "The PECAN method for developing recyclable wind turbine ...

say a realistic path exists in which bio-derivable wind turbine blades can be chemically recycled and their components reused, diverting them from landfills at the end of their useful life. The ...

Re: “How a small Minnesota town was left with a giant pile of wind turbine blades” [Aug. 17 ... Solar panels end up in landfills. Nuclear energy plants were required from the beginning ...

Take, make, use, dispose. For decades, this has been the standard approach to production and consumption. Companies take raw ...

The NREL worked on finding a blade material that could be recycled and reused. Researchers develop method to help solve wind ...