Last week, Iowa’s Attorney General (AG) announced a lawsuit against Global Fiberglass Solutions (GFS) for violations of the state’s solid waste laws. According to the suit, GFS failed to properly dispose of decommissioned wind turbine blades that were stockpiled at multiple locations across Iowa even after the Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued orders calling for cleanup.
In 2017, GFS was contracted and paid millions of dollars by two major wind-turbine companies to cut up, transport, and recycle the blades. Instead, the AG says, GFS let the approximately 1,300 blades sit in stockpiles at three sites for years, posing an environmental risk. The suit seeks civil penalties against GFS and its executives.
Read the full lawsuit here.
