COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two defunct electronic-recycling companies were recently ordered to pay $3 million in civil penalties by a Franklin County judge.
What You Need To Know
- The penalties are for the abandonment of massive quantities of hazardous waste in Columbus
- The companies facing the fines are Closed Loop Refining & Recovery and Closed Loop Glass Solutions
- There was 150 million pounds of the CRT glass and other waste in two warehouses
The penalties are for the abandonment of massive quantities of hazardous waste in Columbus, according to Attorney General Dave Yost, Ohio-R.
“These companies dumped a toxic mountain of waste and vanished, but the consequences caught up with them,” Yost said. “This is the final chapter in one of the largest hazardous waste cases our office has ever taken on.”…