Follow up to "Wind blade" posts
Wind turbine parts (photo) are made of stuff that's hard to recycle, fiberglass especially. Turbines fail after 10-20 years and have to be discarded. What to do with them is the big question.
Global Fiberglass Solutions claims to have the solution. Wind energy firms contract with them to do the big job of recycling these massive parts. But are they doing it?
Texas says, No. Their lawsuit claims that GFS has dumped about 3,000 blades at two sites, for a total of about 487,000 square yards of solid waste.
Recycling facilities have to process at least 75% of the material they take in according to Texas law. The state says GFS has never met that requirement since 2017, so
Looks like the big problem of what to do with huge old wind turbine parts is still unsolved. Meanwhile, they pile up in big fields and disposal sites, sheltering rattlesnakes and mosquitos. Local people don't like that. These things are huge.
from "Green Energy Firm Sued for Allegedly Turning State into Wind Turbine Waste Dumping Ground"
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