A Texas wind turbine blade junkyard we reported on more than three years ago now has become the target of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who has gone to court to force a cleanup of the massive site where thousands of old blades were illegally stored.
Paxton recently obtained a temporary injunction against Global Fiberglass Solutions, Inc. and other affiliated entities. The injunction also requires the company to clean up thousands of discarded turbine blades at two facilities in Sweetwater, Texas, a city located about 40 miles west of Abilene.
The court order prevents the recycling companies from accepting any more shipments of the wind blades and also requires Global Fiberglass Solutions, Inc. to remove the thousands of discarded turbine blades reported USA Today.
“No new wind turbine blade shipments will be accepted at these illegal sites and the defendants are now legally required to begin cleaning up the thousands of discarded blades they irresponsibly abandoned in Sweetwater,” Paxton said in a statement. “We will not allow Texas land to be used as an illegal dumping ground.”
