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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Shemas Iron Works (“SIW”) entered into a June 30th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Docket No.:...more
Antitrust and Competition - European and UK Antitrust Enforcers Impose Fines Over End-of-Life Vehicles Recycling Cartel - On 1 April 2024, both the European Commission (the Commission) and the UK Competition and Markets...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gold Medal Service (“GMS”) entered into an April 7th Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Air Act regulations 40...more
State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children’s internet safety, and...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and TCI of Alabama, LLC (“TCI”) entered into a Consent Order (“CO”) to address alleged violations of the Alabama Hazardous Waste regulations. See Consent Order No....more
Waste treatment, recycling and take back obligations in relation to electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and waste of such electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) have long been a focus area for EU regulators, and now...more
Attend ACI’s 12th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics and Personal Care Products to stay ahead of the latest environmental and sustainability developments impacting cosmetics and personal care products...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Waste Recycling (“WR”) entered into an August 29th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stormwater...more
Despite the recent disbandment of the SEC’s Climate & ESG Task Force, the SEC is continuing to pursue enforcement actions concerning environmental issues, including greenwashing. Notably, over the past several weeks, the SEC...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. with making inaccurate statements about the recyclability of its K-Cup single-use beverage pods in violation of securities laws. The case...more
In September 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged a consumer products company (the “Company”) with having made inaccurate claims regarding the recyclability of its single-use coffee pods. The SEC found that...more
On September 10, the SEC charged Keurig with making inaccurate statements regarding the recyclability of K-Cups. According to the SEC’s order, in annual reports for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, Keurig stated that its...more
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On September 10, 2024, the SEC announced that it had charged Keurig Dr. Pepper for making incomplete, and therefore inaccurate, statements regarding the recyclability of its popular K-cup pods....more
Recently there has been a significant increase in administrative enforcement proceedings, warning letters and motions to certify class actions in relation to the Processing of Packaging Law. The law, enacted back in 2011,...more
Environmental advertising claims remain a hot area of regulator action, with the Federal Trade Commission in the process of updating the FTC Green Guides. State legislatures like California’s also remain active in the area,...more
On October 19, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost filed a joint motion to enter into a consent order with two Columbus, OH properties, Garrison Southfield Park, LLC, and Olymbec USA LLC, settling claims that Garrison and...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a June 22nd news release stating it is proposing citations to TAV Holdings, Inc. (“TAV”). TAV is described as a recycling company operating a facility...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Custom Wood Recycling, Inc. (“Custom”) entered into a February 17th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OHSA”) issued a September 30th news release stating it was proposing to assess penalties against a Tampa, Florida, battery recycling facility and smelter. The proposed...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and LG Electronics USA, Inc. (“LG”) entered into a January 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code addressing...more
The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) intends to fine Tesla in Germany millions of euros. The reason for this is Tesla’s apparent failure to comply with the applicable regulations on taking back and recycling batteries....more
Historically, neither food companies nor the plaintiffs’ bar have lost sleep over “recyclable” or “recycled content” claims. Over the past year, however, there has been increasing attention to and scrutiny of recyclable...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) is proposing to issue an Administrative Order (“AO”) to KMAC Industrial and Recharge (“KMAC”) to address alleged violations related to certain solid waste/recycling...more
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) filed an administrative enforcement action (styled as an “Accusation”) against CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy, Inc., (collectively “CVS”)...more