Turbine Recycling Growing.

Waste produced by wind turbine blades could hit an estimated 43.4 million metric tons by the year 2050. Wind turbine blades are made from composites, which are difficult to recycle and that end up as landfill when their service life ends. Recycling wind turbine blades involves a shredding process and the waste then can be used as a replacement for coal, sand and clay at cement manufacturing facilities across the United States.  By using wind turbine blades—that are primarily made of fiberglass—to replace raw materials for cement manufacturing, reduces the amount of coal, sand and minerals that are needed to produce cement.

渦輪迴收增長。到 2050 年，風力渦輪機葉片產生的廢物估計將達到 4340 萬噸。風力渦輪機葉片由複合材料製成，難以回收利用，使用壽命結束時會被填埋。 回收風力渦輪機葉片涉及粉碎過程，然後可以在美國各地的水泥製造設施中將廢物用作煤炭、沙子和粘土的替代品。 通過使用主要由玻璃纖維製成的風力渦輪機葉片來替代水泥製造的原材料，可以減少生產水泥所需的煤、沙子和礦物的數量。

Source: asme.org