Whole Foods has been ordered to pay more than $1.6 million for mishandling hazardous waste throughout California.
According to the district attorneys’ complaint, Whole Foods, Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets and WFM-WO Inc. mishandled hazardous wastes and materials throughout the state over a five-year span. The hazardous wastes and materials included batteries, ignitable liquids and other flammable, reactive, toxic materials.