Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the retail giant illegally dumped batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer, toxic cleaning supplies,

Without admitting wrongdoing, the retailer agreed to pay a $4.3 million civil fine plus $3.2 million to cover legal costs.

Walmart could pay up to $7.5 million in penalties following a 2021 lawsuit alleging the retailer dumped over 80 tons of hazardous waste in California landfills.

Walmart will pay $7.5 million in civil penalties and costs in a settlement with California prosecutors who alleged the retail corporation unlawfully disposed hazardous waste and medical waste from their facilities statewide in city landfills.

OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with Walmart, resolving allegations that the retail corporation unlawfully disposed hazardous waste and medical waste from their facilities statewide to municipal landfills.

The store operator also paid out $25 million in penalties in 2010 after San Diego prosecutors took them to court over negligent practices.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a resolution to address allegations that Walmart illegally disposed of hazardous waste.

The state did inspections from 2015 to 2021 of waste that Walmart stores sent to municipal landfills and found thousands of containers of toxic aerosols and wastes.