Environmental and economic assessment of mechanical recycling of end-of-life wind turbine blades into rebars and comparison with conventional disposal routes
Yixue Zhang, Jo Van Caneghem, Yiannis Pontikes, Giuseppe Granata, Larry Lessard, Aart Willem Van Vuure
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceTurbine bladeEnvironmental impact assessmentTurbineComposite materialLife-cycle assessmentWaste managementForensic engineeringEnvironmental scienceMechanical engineeringEngineeringBiologyEconomicsMacroeconomicsEcologyProduction (economics)Fiber-reinforced polymer compositesRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies