Marcus
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Marcus
@MarcusOber
🌊Change Orange to Blue. #Resist biochemist; musician, problem solver, company director, socialist, street philosopher, all round interesting guy to be around




By 2050, the world is forecast to face 43 million tons of decommissioned wind turbine blades. These blades are built from high-strength composites made to survive years of weathering. Still, every single turbine standing today will age out before 2050. Most are difficult to recycle, so most are likely to be buried. But Europe now has a landfill ban for blades coming into force. Nations like Germany, Finland and the Netherlands are already blocking landfills. But they still have blades to dispose of. So the waste is pushed elsewhere. Blades are exported to countries where burial is still allowed, such as the UK. Net zero creates a mountain of composite waste. And then has the audacity to call it green.







































