# @businessinsider on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=qNEMAklFF0I
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-28T18:56:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

Conventional recycling techniques don't work on wind turbine blades. In a prior episode, we looked at a company shredding the giant blades to fuel cement production. Now, an Ohio startup called Canvus slices them into segments and turns them into benches and planters.

Watch our previous episode on wind turbine blades:
https://youtu.be/knX7NkJILhs

Learn more about Canvus:
https://www.gocanvus.com/ 

00:00 - Intro 
00:56 - The Wind Turbine Waste Problem
01:56 - Slicing Giant Blades Smaller
02:41 - Prepping The Blade's Surface
03:19 - Turning A Blade Slice Into a Bench
05:55 - Effects Of Repowering Wind Farms
06:32 - Delivering The Products
07:32 - Artist Painting Program
08:10 - What Typically Happens To Blade Waste?
08:46 - How Much Can Upcycling Help?
09:35 - Burning Blades At Cement Factories
10:10 - The Future of Blade Waste
11:22 - Comparing Blade Waste To Other Energy Waste
12:23 - Credits

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