Wind turbine maker starts selling blades that won’t become trash

While much of a turbine’s parts are already recyclable, mass-produced blades have long ended up in landfills. That’s because the glass and carbon fibres mixed with resin currently used to make most turbine blades can’t be reclaimed.

Siemens Gamesa has come up with a new resin that allows the blades to be broken down with no more than heat and acetic acid. The company has already made six 81-metre (266-foot) long recyclable blades at a facility in Aalborg, Denmark.