New Uses for Old
Wind Turbine Blades
Sustainable solutions helping to reverse climate change come in many shapes, sizes and are implemented at different levels of society! Today’s spotlight will focus on brilliant ways people in Denmark are upcycling old wind turbine blades.
While recently in Denmark, Think Greener, LLC noticed their wind turbines everywhere, both on land and offshore, providing 40% of Denmark’s energy. In my recent blog “Are Wind Turbines Sustainable?”, I discussed the problems of older windfarms coming to the end of their lifecycle and the blades are not recyclable.
Denmark has come up with some revolutionary ways to upcycle the large blades and divert them from landfills. In the past, I have learned about architectural firms repurposing these blades as… Continue reading
Denmark Thinking Greener!
Yesterday, I attended an online event hosted by the State of Green, located in Denmark! As a non-for-profit, founded in 2008, they are focused on building international relationships with solution providers fostering a green transition.
With the focus on Circular Economy, the symposium was inspiring and informative.
Do you know what a circular economy is?
It is a new way of thinking how we share our worlds resources while eliminating the strain of the planet by creating a new economic model. This model tackles global challenges like climate change, waste, pollution, and biodiversity. The traditional linear economy business model extracts natural resources from the earth, creates single stream products which at the end of their life cycle end up in a landfill… Continue reading