[lkmill]

i partly agree, but the fact that those blades cant even be recycled [0] but are instead dug down in the ground after use will probably be an ecological issue relatively soon.

edit: [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turb...

felt like i read that article yesterday. 5 years ago, wow. has any progress been made there?

[natmaka]

Many are now burnt in cement kilns.

A fair part of new blade models are recyclable (check RecyclableBlade, ZEBRA, PECAN...).

Research may even enable to somewhat recycle old ones: https://www.offshorewind.biz/2023/02/08/newly-discovered-che...

[snarf21]

There has been some but everything isn't fully scaled up yet.

https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/articles/carbon-rivers-make...