March 28, 2024
Big Lots draws big penalty
SAN BERNARDINO - (INT) – A Superior Court judge has ordered Ohio-based Big Lots Stores, Inc., and its subsidiary corporations, that own and operate Big Lots stores and a distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, to pay $3,507,500 in civil penalties, costs, and supplemental environmental projects.

The judgment is the result of an investigation into Big Lots Stores' unlawful disposal of hazardous waste at its distribution center and into trash bins at the 206 stores in California.

Prosecutors said the hazardous waste included ignitable and corrosive liquids, toxic materials, batteries, electronic devices and other e-waste. In some instances, the hazardous waste was the result of overstock or expired merchandise. In others, it was the result of spills, damaged containers, and customer returns.

Instead of being transported to authorized hazardous waste facilities, the waste was deposited into the trash and illegally transported to local landfills not permitted to receive the waste.
Story Date: May 2, 2017
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