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CircEcon, a unique research facility for recycling and the circular economy, is being built in Schwarze Pumpe. Four universities in Saxony are at the heart of the construction project and are demonstrating how waste from the aviation industry and wind turbines can be turned back into valuable raw materials.

Old wind turbine becomes new kitchen

Wind turbines produce clean electricity. But what happens to their huge rotor blades when they are no longer needed? Researchers at HTWK Leipzig have a surprising answer: they turn them into a kitchen. An EU research project shows how this works and what's behind it. | more

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