A Look at the Terracycle Lawsuit

An article from Fast Company covers the challenges of the US recycling system, recapping a recent lawsuit against Terracycle.
The lawsuit against Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Late July Snacks, Gerber, L’Oreal, Tom’s of Maine, Clorox, and Materne, filed by Last Beach Clean Up, exposed how many of the Terracycle programs, are limited to a certain number of returns. Meaning, if a consumer were to return a product from a participating program, it may not be possible because that program has already reached capacity.
The Last Beach Clean Up group claimed that since consumers were not aware of these limits, they were misled to believe products were more sustainable than they really are.
If the Terracycle program already reached capacity consumers were asked to purchase a 'Zero Waste Box' to return the products at a cost of $42 to more than $100.
For many consumers who were not willing to pay this price, they were faced with trying to recycle the products or throwing them out.

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