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The glass fiber-reinforced material makes up about two-thirds of a wind turbine blade's total weight. Furthermore, when the blades are made, about 15% of the material is also wasted in manufacturing.

Left: wind turbine blade waste; Middle: treated and dried wind turbine blade glass-fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP); Right: injection-molded plastic containing 70% recycled GFRP (photo by WSU).

The glass fiber-reinforced material makes up about two-thirds of a wind turbine blade's total weight. Furthermore, when the blades are made, about 15% of the material is also wasted in manufacturing.

The federal government has ordered an offshore wind developer off Nantucket Island ... to suspend operations after parts of a damaged turbine blade washed up on the beaches.