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Millions of solar panels and wind turbines installed in the early 2000s are reaching retirement age, but innovators are finding ways to repair, reuse, and recycle them instead of sending them to landfills. New standards and creative recycling methods are turning potential electronic waste into a circular economy success story.
Wind turbine blades that would fill landfills for decades are getting a second life as pedestrian bridges in Ireland and the US. Engineers turned a waste crisis into a clever solution that helps people cross rivers and creeks.
Two Northern Ireland companies are turning massive retired wind turbine blades into fence posts and pallets instead of sending them to landfills. With 400 turbines needing replacement in the next 15 years, this solution could save thousands of tonnes from incineration.
The UK just installed its largest offshore wind turbine blades ever, each one longer than a football pitch and manufactured right in Hull. When complete, the massive East Anglia THREE windfarm will power 1.3 million British homes with homegrown clean energy.
A French company borrowed a 7,000-year-old Egyptian design to create a floating wind turbine that's lighter, stronger, and 10% more efficient than traditional offshore models. The pyramid-shaped prototype spreads ocean forces across four supports instead of one.
