Carpet Industry To Pay $1.17M For Recycling Failures

摘要

The California Department of Resources Recycling andRecovery (CalRecycle) announced that the Carpet AmericaRecovery Effort (CARE) will pay the state of California$1,175,000 in penalties for its repeated failure from 2013through 2016 to meet recycling and landfill diversion goalsunder California’s Carpet Product Stewardship Law. The settlementagreement follows a California Third District Courtof Appeal ruling affirming administrative civil penaltiesagainst CARE, which is an organization that represents carpetmanufacturers.