Monday, January 11, 2021
Recently, Dana Palmer, a partner at Allen Matkins, presented a webinar entitled
Hazardous Waste Management & Regulatory Interpretations: Perils & Pitfalls for Companies Regarding Salvageable/Usable Goods vs. Waste. The webinar focused on the challenges of complying with federal and state environmental laws regarding the proper disposal of hazardous waste, particularly as they relate to retail goods moving through the supply chain.
Why is this important? Because California and other states’ environmental laws are different and sometimes more stringent than federal laws, often tripping up companies operating nationally with the same handling processes in each state. What is not hazardous waste in one state might be hazardous waste in another. The failure to recognize this, in California in particular, can (and has) cost retailers and transporters millions of dollars in settlements.