How wind turbine blades could find new life in bus shelters and bike parks


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Saturday, 23 Oct 2021

After around 20 years of service, wind turbine blades could well be recycled into urban furniture. Photo: AFP

Wind turbine blades have a lifespan of about 20 years. After that, they are dismantled and most of the time buried in landfill. The Re-Wind Network project intends to recycle them to create urban furniture.

To do this, the group has assembled a research team comprising experts from City College of New York and the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, and University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast in Ireland.

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