Wal-Mart to pay $81.6M for illegal waste disposal
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Which lasted nearly a decade of environmental investigation, Wal-Mart has pleaded guilty to improper disposal of $ 81.6 million and will pay a fine of pesticides, fertilizers and other harmful products.
Enter the company pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, a misdemeanor offense, in violation of the "Clean Water Act" and the legal norms pesticides.
Fees from Wal-Mart sell dangerous goods are from California and Missouri store shelves because of packaging damage and other problems.
In Kansas City, Missouri, the company pleaded guilty to improper handling of pesticides.
Plea agreement brings a close investigation, which lasted eight years, involving more than 20 prosecutors and 32 environmental groups and a total of $ 110 million cost of Wal-Mart.
Court documents show that illegal dumping occurred in California, 16 counties from Del Knott to Orange in 2003 and 2005. Federal prosecutors said the company did not train employees on how to handle and dispose of hazardous substances in its stores.
The results, the prosecutor said it was thrown into the trash or waste into the sewer system. Improper waste has also taken several products to return one of the centers throughout the United States without proper security documents, authorities said.
2010, the company agreed to pay $ 27.6 million to resolve similar allegations, leading to a national hazardous waste compliance program overhaul by the California authorities.
Ignatius Naxi Ya Moreno, Assistant Attorney General, said: "improper handling of hazardous waste, pesticides and other materials, in violation of federal law, Wal-Mart and environmental risks to the public, than other companies an unfair economic advantage," the Ministry of Justice Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Wal-Mart spokesman Brooke Buchanan said the company has solved this problem, "is obviously pleased, this is the ultimate solution."
She said that employees are better trained how to clean up, transportation and disposal of hazardous products such as fertilizers, sprinkle in a shop or damaged packages.
Workers handheld scanners, tell them whether the packet is considered corrupted contain harmful substances, she said.
Moreno said the penalty against the wall Wal-Mart, "an important part of the fund environmental projects in communities affected violations and help prevent future harm to the environment."
The San Diego County health department staff investigation began, I saw a worker pouring bleach down the drain.
As another example, officials said, in the mound near the Wal-Mart garden section fertilizers play a Solano County boy was found. Yellow colored powder containing ammonium sulfate, a compound that can irritate the skin, eyes and respiratory tract.