Can the wind power sector be seen as green if huge amounts of plastic from defunct wind turbines end up in landfill? Turbine blades have until now not been recyclable, but that could be about to change. TWO YEARS AGO, Bloomberg published a picture of large wind turbine blade fragments being buried in earth in Wyoming, USA. 'Wind turbine blades can't be recycled, so they're piling up in landfills' the accompanying headline read. The story and image of piled-up, dusty white blades, much smaller than today's which can reach up to 107m, was not a good look for an industry born from the need to combat climate change.
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