This is what happens to old windmill blades
Thanks to new processes, windmill blades are now more than 95 percent recyclable, and can be used in a variety of applications.
Source: bangordailynews.com
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Thanks to new processes, windmill blades are now more than 95 percent recyclable, and can be used in a variety of applications.
Traditionally, decommissioned turbine blades have been sent to landfills. But in recent years, recycling the often hundred-plus-foot-long blades has become a new, more sustainable disposal method among companies in Iowa and the Midwest.
Wind turbine blades ranging from the size of a human to blades weighing 25 tons are heading to Marengo.