US Edition“Sustainable” Energy Company Caught Lying About Wood Sourcing
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The Ede heating company transported tree trunks from northern Scotland to the Netherlands, while claiming to use only sustainably sourced wood. This was revealed by research by Omroep Gelderland. Tree trunks were shipped from Scotland to the Netherlands to be chipped and burned for home heating. In 2022, a freighter carrying more than 10,000 tree trunks arrived at the port of Moerdijk—some 800 kilometers away. The Ede-based company's sustainabil…
“Sustainable” energy company caught lying about wood sourcing
Despite claims to combat global warming by only using sustainably sourced wood, Warmtebedrijf Ede imported tree trunks from northern Scotland by ship to the Netherlands. The shipment came from much further than the energy company claims to source its wood for heating people’s homes, and was imported by a company that doesn’t have the sustainability certificate Warmtebedrijf Ede claims to adhere to, Omroep Gelderland discovered.
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