Wind turbine blades: inside the battle to overcome their waste problem
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Wind farm owners are keeping old turbines in service to capitalise on high electricity prices.
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Solutions for recycling emerging wind turbine blade waste in China
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Wind Energy Industry Struggles to Find Resting Place for Wind Turbines
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Denmark Is Turning Junk Wind Turbine Blades Into Bike Shelters
Recycling wind turbine blades is nearly impossible. Veolia North
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Vestas Takes Most Radical Step Yet Toward Zero Turbine Waste
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Colombian wind farm end-of-life raises circularity and Indigenous
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Recycling turbine blades: the Achilles heel of wind power
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Across the country, a big backlash to new renewables is mounting
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