By City News Service
Dec 23, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Walgreens will be paying the city of Los Angeles and 44 other local jurisdictions $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit connected to improper waste disposal and mishandling of customers records in violation of an injunction issued as part of an earlier settlement – prosecutors announced today.
Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens Co. was sued earlier this year over numerous alleged instances of dumping over-the-counter and prescription medications, electronic devices, batteries, aerosol products, cleaning agents and other hazardous waste into receptacles bound for landfills, instead of separate collection locations, according to the Los Angeles City Attorney s Office.