Legal

A city garbage man allegedly used license plates he picked up from a dumpster to rack up more than $17,000 in parking tickets, traffic violations and toll fees.

Many states have established rules and are aiming to reduce risk for developers, landfill owners and jurisdictions that take on these projects.

A lawsuit filed in December 2017 alleged town officials overcharged customers for waste services and used the funds for other government services.

The settlement includes a $1.71 million penalty to resolve alleged violations of past water pollution, solid waste and air pollution control laws.

The town received $180,000 toward the purchase of two new automated trash collection trucks.

DTSC found that Strategic Materials mismanaged batteries mixed in with the glass sorted from curbside recycling.

The containers—five headed back to Hong Kong and two to France—housed a combination of trash, plastic waste and hazardous materials.