Home Depot To Pay $27.8M Settlement Over Illegal Storage Of Hazardous Waste

Mealey's (March 9, 2018, 12:29 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Home Depot U.S.A. has agreed to pay $27.8 million to resolve allegation brought by the state of California that it violated the Hazardous Waste Control Law (HWCL) and California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by illegally storing and disposing of hazardous wastes at its stores and facilities, according to a March 7 filing in California state court (California v. Home Depot U.S.A., No. RG18893251, Calif. Super., Alameda Co.)....