COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A judge ordered two central Ohio companies to pay $3 million for leaving behind toxic waste from their electronics recycling businesses.
“These companies dumped a toxic mountain of waste and vanished, but the consequences caught up with them,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said. “This is the final chapter in one of the largest hazardous waste cases our office has ever taken on.”
Closed Loop Refining & Recovery and Closed Loop Glass Solutions claimed to recycle cathode-ray tube (CRT) glass, but Yost said they instead accumulated 150 million pounds of the glass. CRT glass is used in televisions and computer monitors and contains hazardous levels of lead. In this case, it was kept in two large warehouses on Watkins Road and Fairwood Avenue…