Tesla Agrees to Pay a $1.5 Million Settlement Over Improper Disposal of Hazardous Waste

A group of 25 California district attorneys this week announced a $1.5 million civil settlement with Tesla Inc. over allegations that the electric carmaker improperly disposed of hazardous waste at several facilities around the state.

The settlement is the culmination of a nearly six-year-long investigation, initiated by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office’s Environmental Division and joined by prosecutors in counties where the company has business locations.

“While electric vehicles may benefit the environment, the manufacturing and servicing of these vehicles still generates many harmful waste streams,” District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a statement Thursday. “Today’s settlement against Tesla, Inc. serves to provide a cleaner environment for citizens throughout the state by preventing the contamination of our precious natural resources when hazardous waste is mismanaged and unlawfully disposed.”

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