Recycled Wind Turbines Could Be Made into Plexiglass, Diapers or Gummy Bears
The blades of a wind turbine are typically designed to be replaced about every 20 years. This means that, as wind energy becomes more popular, more and more of these hulking fiberglass structures will be discarded, and many of them could end up buried in the ground. To encourage recycling the blades instead, one research team has developed a binding resin—the ingredient that holds their fibrous material together—that can be transformed into more valuable substances.
“We’ve specifically designed a system with the end of…