Sustainable solution to recycling wind turbine blades

By Emma Davies2023-06-16T07:49:00

A line of old broken wind turbines under a grey sky

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Cracking the problem of decommissioning our wind farms

Recycling wind turbine blades at the end of life has is not currently possible and many have ended up in landfill sites. The problem is so severe that several European countries have banned dumping the blades in landfill. However, Danish researchers have found a way to recycle the blades using a specially designed catalyst. Explore this new research with secondary school students and use this story and the accompanying summary slide downloads for a real-world context when studying thermosetting polymers with your 14–16 learners.

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