Thank goodness the wind turbine industry is taking recycling of its components seriously. This example also appeared recently.

Many components of a wind turbine, such as the tower and nacelle components, already have established recycling practices. Until now, the composite materials used in wind turbine blades have been more challenging to recycle because a resin system binds all components together. In its recyclable blade Siemens Gamesa is using a new resin type, with a chemical structure that makes it possible to efficiently separate the resin from other components. The process protects the properties of the materials and so allows them to be reused in new casting applications, for example in the automotive industry, or in consumer goods such as flight cases and flatscreen casings.

It is a nightmare of mine that landfills all over the world will get filled with giant turbine blades.

Up to very recently, as far as I know, all anyone could think to do with the blades was to burn them in cement kilns. That´s better than landfilling, but hardly ideal.

I think it indicates that this industry, despite its huge progress in a short time, is still very much in an R&D phase.

Wind Turbine Energy Alternative Recycling