• Walmart said it will fight the lawsuit labelling it “unjustified”
• Walmart operates more than 300 stores in California
California alleged that Walmart illegally dumps more than 1 million batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer and other hazardous waste into California landfills each year.
“As we shop the brightly packed aisles there are products that will never make it into the cart — returned, damaged or pulled from the shelves for a variety of reasons,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta.