Wal-Mart to pay $27.6M in California dumping case

[WindHarvester]

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly handled and dumped hazardous waste at stores across California in a case that led to changes in the retailer's practices nationwide, prosecutors said Monday.

The settlement ends a five-year investigation involving more than 20 prosecutors and 32 environmental groups. The lawsuit alleged that each of the company's 236 stores and distribution centers across California, including Sam's Club warehouse stores, were in violation of environmental laws and regulations, said San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis.


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Small price to pay for these crooks, help wreck our economy, and enviornment.

Sad, very very sad!

 

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[Mighty AP]

Not surprised at all. Walmart is absolutely evil.

 

[mascallw119]

Yes, very sad. Hopefully, this will deter other companies from doing the same or similiar acts. I believe you can link the rising issues of health where the public is concerned with our toxic environment. Talk about reducing health costs, we need to be taking a close look at what is around us that we are smelling, breathing, as well as eating. Not too long ago someone was talking to me about something I never heard of called, "Chemical Pneumonia." Take a look at it.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/chemical_pneumonia/intro.htm

 

[RGINN]

I work for Walmart. I know what this is about. It wasn't every one of their stores. And now we have 'training' in place to prevent this. Most of your truly evil things are takin place at the home office level. They could have saved this money and spent it somewhere else, maybe reward us for doin right and keepin them out of a lawsuit. The last bonus I got as an assistant manager was 4 years ago. It was $81. Richest retailer in the world. I don't really work for bonuses, but that was an insult. They are worthless and have not a clue what the customer wants at the corporate level. The home office dictates everything for your local store. I have no input to speak of on keeping what my customer wants. The market manager took away my traditional Mexican food section here in groceries and replaced it with Old El Paso Tex-Mex. We don't have Chicano's here, and no Mexicans from Texas. We have recent immigrants from Mexico, and all the Latin American Countries. They come here on visas to work in the resorts. They have no clue what Tex-Mex is. So the Old El Paso sits there and goes out of date. And my business goes down the street to Safeway or La Tienda de Munoz. Walmart doesn't care about getting sued, cause they'll take the payout away from the employees.

 

[WindHarvester]

I agree RGINN, they are horrible, and I feel for you brother.

 

[Produce Guy]

I worked at grocery store here in Texas about 15 years ago that was the first one in town where you could recycle your plastic bags or so it seemed? The scam was the customers would place their old plastic bags in a container in the front of the store and at night the guy who thru the trash into the outside bin always thru away the container full of plastic bags.When I knew I was leaving this company I asked the store mngr. why we do it this way and she said we (the company) didn't make enough $$$ to haul them to a recylier,so I tipped off a local news station where they did a story on it and they got in trouble.The grocery store I work for now made over 2 million dollars last year on recyled plastic bags and shrink wrap !

 

[Mark S.]

Years back I bought a lot at Walmart. Very little now. There are only certain items I buy there.

When the old man owned it they bought American. Remember the commercials of working wth American companies to manufacture products. All out the window when the greedy family took over. Now its all cheap Chineese crap. The cheaper the better. I will gladly go elsewhere and pay $25 for something that will last rather then $10 for something that self destructs the second time I use it. Or the parts don't fit together right. etc etc etc etc.

 

[dpitt8]

I agree....i will only buy certain things there....usually DVDs are the most common item...the cheap DVD bin can be fun to look through sometimes.

PS: Walmart can be great for those w/ weight problems....I almost always see people heavier than me...great for self esteem with some people...