How Bad Is The Wind Turbine Trash Problem? And Can We Solve It? | World Wide Waste

Conventional recycling techniques don’t work on wind turbine blades. In a prior episode, we looked at a company shredding the giant blades to fuel cement production. Now, an Ohio startup called Canvus slices them into segments and turns them into benches and planters. Watch our previous episode on wind turbine blades: Learn more about Canvus: Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - The Wind Turbine Waste Problem 01:56 - Slicing Giant Blades Smaller 02:41 - Prepping The Blade’s Surface 03:19 - Turning A Blade Slice Into a Bench 05:55 - Effects Of Repowering Wind Farms 06:32 - Delivering The Products 07:32 - Artist Painting Program 08:10 - What Typically Happens To Blade Waste? 08:46 - How Much Can Upcycling Help? 09:35 - Burning Blades At Cement Factories 10:10 - The Future of Blade Waste 11:22 - Comparing Blade Waste To Other Energy Waste 12:23 - Credits MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VI