https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/fd8ca35d-3e78-4263-8542-76225d71756f Title: ByeByeBlade: Keeping Green Energy Green Description: Wind turbines have an operational lifetime of around 20-25 years, but what happens once that time is up? While much of the structure can be recycled, the blades themselves (glass fibers locked in an epoxy resin), are far harder to process. With ever-increasing numbers of wind turbines being decommissioned and replaced, there is still no effective circular route for the blades that end up as waste. The DTU BioBuilders are tackling this problem with a three-step method: shredding the blades, loosening the epoxy resin through mild solvolysis, and applying engineered laccases and UPOs to cleave the crucial bonds in the epoxy resin network. This turns existing blade waste into a feedstock, enabling the recovery of high-value chemicals that industry can use again. Wiki | Official Page Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:55:03 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.igem.org https://video.igem.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/fd8ca35d-3e78-4263-8542-76225d71756f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.igem.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.