Ørsted announced on 2 June 2021, with immediate effect, a ban on landfilling of wind turbine blades.
Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.
Promise: Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?
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What would count as true or false
True: Ørsted put in place, with effect from 2 June 2021, a commitment or policy not to landfill wind turbine blades (to reuse, recycle or recover decommissioned blades instead), and later evidence shows no Ørsted blades landfilled after that date. Mostly true: the ban was adopted as stated, with a minor difference in detail such as scope wording or a short implementation delay. Mixed: the ban was announced, but it applies only to part of the blade fleet, or there are isolated documented exceptions. Mostly false: the ban was announced only as a future intention rather than with immediate effect. False: positive evidence shows that no such policy was adopted, that it was withdrawn, or that Ørsted landfilled blades after 2 June 2021.
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Evidence (4)
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E1 Ørsted Vows Not to Use Wind Turbine Blade Landfilling offshorewind.biz · 3 June 2021
“Ørsted has announced a ban on the landfilling of wind turbine blades and has committed to either reuse, recycle, or recover 100 per cent of the blades coming from repowering or end-of-design-life decommissioning of its offshore and onshore wind farms .”
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E2 ESG performance report 2022 Ørsted Own record
“Wind turbine blades taken down and directed as waste to landfill”
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E3 Ørsted ESG performance report 2021 Ørsted Own record
“Our new waste target is to not landfill any wind turbine blades from our offshore and onshore wind farms in operation and upon decommissioning, effective from 2021.”
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E4 Ørsted to recover, reuse or recycle wind turbine blades CompositesWorld
“Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark), the world’s largest offshore wind farm developer, reported on June 3 that it would “reuse, recycle or recover” all turbine blades in its worldwide portfolio of wind farms once they’re decommissioned.”
Reasoning
Independent trade outlets (E1, E4) report that Ørsted announced a ban on landfilling wind turbine blades, committing to reuse, recycle or recover all decommissioned blades, with temporary storage if recycling takes longer than expected. Ørsted's 2021 ESG report (E3) records a target effective from 2021, consistent with the announcement. The full 'true' standard requires later evidence that no blades were landfilled, which cannot be confirmed as of the judging date. Ørsted's 2022 report (E2) may show one blade landfilled in 2022, but its column alignment is inferred and it falls after the judging date.
Cite this claim
Ørsted, “Ørsted announced on 2 June 2021, with immediate effect, a ban on landfilling of wind turbine blades.” (said 2 June 2021). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_c78b3423a933, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_c78b3423a933
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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