A group of 25 California counties is suing electric car company Tesla, alleging the carmaker mishandled hazardous waste at its factories across the state.
The complaint, filed on Jan. 30 by counties including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Joaquin, alleged that Tesla violated several state business and waste management laws by mislabeling hazardous waste and sending it to landfills that don’t accept hazardous waste.
The counties are seeking civil penalties and an injunction that would require the company to properly dispose of its waste in the future, according to the complaint.
Materials such as “used lubricating oils, brake cleaners, used lead acid batteries and other batteries, used aerosols, used antifreeze, waste solvents and other cleaners, electronic waste, waste paint, and contaminated debris” and several other substances were all disposed of improperly, according to the complaint....
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