Australian Federal Govt Funds Research Into Processes To Recycle Wind Turbine Blades

06 Jul 2023 | Abstracted from Cosmos Magazine

"...a group including RMIT University and Industrial Property Maintenance...won a grant to develop a process involving solvents to break down the composite materials. The thermoset resins (glues) and glass fibres will be separated for re-use

"The Department of Industry, Science and Resources expects 30,000 tonnes worth of blades will have reached the end of their useful life in Australia by 2050. Globally, that figure is set to be about 43 million tonnes."

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