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| Casper Regional Landfill begins burying turbine blades |
| 2019-09-27 |
| [WyomingNewsNow] One wind farm in Glenrock and two from the Saratoga area have partnered with the Casper Regional Landfill to dispose of their old wind turbine blades. More than 900 blades will be brought to the landfill beginning now until the end of next spring. The Casper Solid Waste Manager, Cynthia Langston, said that though most turbine blades can be reused, there are some that are simply un-recyclable. "Ninety percent of the turbines are completely reclaimed, recycled, and reused, but there is ten percent that is fiberglass, so those are coming to us from three different farms in the state." Langston said that though the motor houses can be crushed, the blades are too strong. To save space, they cut each blade into three separate parts before transporting them, then stack them on each other to be buried. Expect to see more blades come to the landfill at least until the end of next spring as more turbines are replaced or decommissioned. |
| Posted by:Procopius2k |
| #12 Now, now, Skidmark. They may be unpleasant little peckers but they have a place in nature. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-09-27 17:19 |
| #11 AU, Could one affix a lure for the Common Grackle? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-09-27 16:41 |
| #10 If you're a bird that gets cut in half by one of those blades, it's more than a scam or an eyesore. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-09-27 12:35 |
| #9 Grind and cast in polymer for body armor exports. Should be plenty of graft in that. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-09-27 12:11 |
| #8 they haven't figured out a way too bring graft into reusing it yet magpie. |
| Posted by: chris 2019-09-27 10:53 |
| #7 During the German Reunification there was a story that the old E German Trabant's had a "duroplast body" made of recycled "Mystery Stuff". Un-recyclable mystery stuff. They ended up compressing it into structural building blocks and using that to build walls lining the Autobahns. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-09-27 10:24 |
| #6 ...and in many places, a freakin' eyesore. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-09-27 08:56 |
| #5 "Green" energy is nothing but a scam. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-09-27 08:39 |
| #4 😊 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-09-27 06:37 |
| #3 Sent this in yesterday, then g(r)om posted it in one of the comments. Give him the cred for the information being first on the Rant. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-09-27 06:27 |
| #2 Buried!? Those huge things would make GREAT fence panels, salmon ladders, highway dividers, breakwaters or flood water levees. Wind Turbine Blades: A Toxic Legacy For Centuries to Come – So Much for Saving the Planet The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-09-27 01:35 |
| #1 Green energy is not just an economic disaster? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-09-27 01:06 |