Renewable? The Only Way to Dispose of Wind Turbine Blades Is to Bury Them

Snopes dealt with the question of whether windmill blades were buried in a landfill in Casper, Wyoming. Snopes said, “It is true that there is a landfill in Casper, Wyoming, that does accept decommissioned and damaged wind turbine blades and motors, both of which are not recyclable. However, it is important to highlight that up to 90% of a wind turbine is recyclable. That one-tenth of a windmill is not recyclable does not necessarily negate its overall green energy production over the course of its 20- to 25-year lifetime.”

Snopes has a way of twisting reality.

The blades have to be buried at the end of their lifespan. There is no alternative.

Wind turbine blades can’t be recycled and are piling up in landfills. There are only a few landfills in the country that accept decommissioned blades.

According to Bloomberg, companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.

https://www.independentsentinel.com/the-only-way-to-dispose-of-wind-turbine-blades-is-to-bury-them/

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