Sephora to pay California cities for mishandling makeup mess
Sephora, who shops for the famous make -up brands and skin care foundations of customers, is now faced with a heavy fine from California cities for allegedly eliminating their products inappropriate.
The company, accused of using dangerous wastes in retail places, will pay about 78,000 dollars to Sacramento district and a few California and its districts. According to a news from the Sacramento District Regional Law Office, the total amount of compromise is $ 775,000.
“Our office is determined to protect both the people and the environment, and we will hold companies responsible and responsible to ensure that they are working within the law”. Atty. He said.
Following an investigation, 24 cities and regional lawyers in the state filed a civilian enforcement case. Make -up giant, according to state laws, which are considered as dangerous waste, damaged, refund and time -term goods claimed that the wrong use.
The complaint claims which the company has been used, expired, is recalled or damaged, and does not keep the test results and waste management records. It was claimed that the materials were also wrongly managed and moved.
The decision settled in the Sacramento District Supreme Court includes a 550,000 dollar civilian penalty, $ 200,000 cost recovery and a fee of $ 25,000 for the environmental enforcement and training account managed by the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Sephora began in 1969 as a small perfume shop in France. It has provided itself as one of the main retailers of Makeup, which has been a hundreds of millions of customers and has become a billions of dollars.
With more than 100 locations in California, it operates more than 2,700 stores in 35 countries around the world. The company’s center is still in its headquarters in France, the US branch is operating from San Francisco.
This is not the only thing that confronts the environmental case.
In August, United Parcel Service Inc. and its affiliated organizations had to pay $ 1.7 million to file a lawsuit filed by regional lawyers of 45 California districts.
This complaint claimed that UPS sent dangerous wastes with inappropriate label to regular storage areas. The case arrived after a year of investigation in 140 UP locations in California.
According to the authorities, the company had to pay $ 1.4 million civilian penalties, a cost of $ 140,000 and pay $ 205,000.
