Tens of thousands of wind turbine blades will end up in landfill by 2030 unless recycling programs are prompty established, research from the University of South Australia has shown.
Led by Professor Peter Majewski, the study lays bare the challenges of recycling wind turbine blades, which have an average lifespan of about 25 years and whose current construction from either carbon fibre or fibreglass composite material makes them expensive to break down, with the leftover materials having little market value.
