ISWA President Antonis Mavropoulos called attention to the problem of wind turbine blades on his blog back in 2017. He stated then that around 43 million tons of blade waste was expected to be generated worldwide by 2050 as wind energy parks decommission older equipment, out of which China would have to manage 40 percent, Europe 25, the United States 16 and the rest of the world 19 percent. Considering that the main options available now for dealing with wind turbine waste are landfilling and incineration, the promise of green wind energy certainly seems to have developed a big blind spot.
