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Visitors to Every Child’s Playground in Avon, Ohio, will find products from Canvus’s nearby factory. Photographer: Brian Kaiser/Bloomberg
We missed Bloomberg’s story about Canvus back in November, but happy to share it now:
Retired Wind Turbine Blades Live on as Park Benches and Picnic Tables
To keep turbine blades from piling up in landfills, startups like Canvus are turning them into new products — and free marketing for wind power.
At first glance, the benches outside the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland seem unremarkable. But a closer inspection shows that their droplet-shaped shells aren’t made from wood or metal. A scan of the attached QR codes reveals even more: These benches used to be wind turbine blades…
A big thanks to Yale Climate Connections for bringing Canvus to our attention today: