Got wind turbine blades? Build bridges.

[bcp]

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.

www.bloomberg.com

Engineers are using old wind turbine blades to build bridges

Old blades still have a lot of life left in them.

www.theverge.com

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives.

www.bloomberg.com

Engineers are using old wind turbine blades to build bridges

Old blades still have a lot of life left in them.

www.theverge.com

Bruce

That bridge is kinda artsy. Looks good.

 

[bmaverick]

The bridge is fine, just the side rails are tacky with really no hand rails. But, the bridge is in Poland. In the USA, communities have walk bridges that are disabled friendly.

Good use and ideas really. I wonder if the blades could be used in the creek below to help prevent soil erosion by making little pools for water-life to flourish.

 

[MossRoad]

The bridge is fine, just the side rails are tacky with really no hand rails. But, the bridge is in Poland. In the USA, communities have walk bridges that are disabled friendly.

Good use and ideas really. I wonder if the blades could be used in the creek below to help prevent soil erosion by making little pools for water-life to flourish.

Like stop logs in a trout stream?

Probably. I used to work at a man-made whitewater course. Our "boulders" were fiberglass cubes.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Government regulations should state that if the manufacturer cann,t come up with a safe way to re-cycle the product they make, then it should not be allowed, by law, to manufacture them.

 

[orezok]

Government regulations should state that if the manufacturer cann,t come up with a safe way to re-cycle the product they make, then it should not be allowed, by law, to manufacture them.

Would that apply to children

 

[sea2summit]

Would that apply to children

Well they eventually decompose…a lot faster than fiberglass unless embalmed.

 

[bigtiller]

Government regulations should state that if the manufacturer cann,t come up with a safe way to re-cycle the product they make, then it should not be allowed, by law, to manufacture them.

So will nuclear power plants be shut down until they come up with a way to re-cycle nuclear waste?

 

[MossRoad]

Well they eventually decompose…a lot faster than fiberglass unless embalmed.

And that reminds me of when my dad and I were shopping for caskets for my recently deceased mother. The salesman was telling us about the different levels of seals. Airtight for 30-40-50 years depending on what you bought. And sitting in a cement vault. And under 6' of earth. My dad looked at the salesman and said "Who's gonna check?"

We went with a nice mid-range casket in a color she was fond of. She'd have thought it was silly, too.

 

[Rustyiron]

Government regulations should state that if the manufacturer cann,t come up with a safe way to re-cycle the product they make, then it should not be allowed, by law, to manufacture them.

The government is the only reason they get built. Tax credits make it work for investment groups.
Without the huge subsidies from the taxpayers they wouldn't exist.