Target to pay $7.4M after probe found it illegally dumped hazardous waste in California
Target has agreed to pay $7.4 million as part of a settlement with California after a state investigation found that it illegally dumped hazardous waste in California.
Minnesota-based Target will pay $3.2 million in fines and $3 million for compliance inspections and audits of trash facilities along with money for environmental projects.
Target did not acknowledge any wrongdoing in the lawsuit settlement filed Wednesday in the Alameda County Superior Court, according to The Associated Press.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) said Wednesday that the state's probe concluded that Target improperly disposed of hazardous materials between 2012 and 2016, dumping electronics, batteries, aerosol cans and compact fluorescent light bulbs into landfills in California.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/420077-target-ordered-to-pay-74m-for-illegally-dumping-hazardous-waste-in
