California is suing Walmart over alleged improper disposal of e-waste and other hazardous materials

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California is suing Walmart over alleged improper disposal of e-waste and other hazardous materials
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Waste included items like batteries and aerosol sprays.

against Walmart, saying it allegedly illegally disposed of electronic and hazardous waste, compromising local landfills.

State investigators conducted 58 inspections across 13 counties from 2015 to 2021 and said they found classified hazardous and medical waste in each store’s trash compactors, as well as customer information that should have been rendered indecipherable. The California DOJ estimates that Walmart’s unlawfully disposed waste totals 159,600 pounds or more than 1 million items each year.

Hargrove said that the compactor waste audits “conducted or overseen by the California attorney general have shown that the compactor waste contain at most 0.4% of items of potential concern,” comparing it to the 3 percent statewide average.

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