The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S. e-scrap facilities were still owned by Singapore-based company Metech International. | zimmytws/Shutterstock[/caption]
Metech Recycling will pay the state of California $310,000 in penalties to settle a legal fight over years-old waste law violations.
The e-scrap recycling company recently reached a settlement with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) over hazardous and universal waste violations that occurred at Metech's Gilroy, Calif. facility. The settlement was approved by a state court judge on Jan. 29, and DTSC published a press release about it on Feb. 25.
The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S. e-scrap facilities were still owned by Singapore-based company Metech International. In September 2018, that publicly traded company agreed to essentially give the struggling e-scrap company to two of its own leaders. In February 2019, those leaders sold the company's five U.S. e-scrap recycling facilities to a group of investors associated with First America Metal for $300,000.
One of the current leaders of the company said materials handling processes are now greatly improved.
"The good thing is the new management seriously believes in maintaining this all the time," Rex Cheng, president of Metech, told E-Scrap News. "We're doing so far so good. The last inspection passed with flying colors."
[caption id="attachment_15445" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S. e-scrap facilities were still owned by Singapore-based company Metech International. | zimmytws/Shutterstock[/caption]
Metech Recycling will pay the state of California $310,000 in penalties to settle a legal fight over years-old waste law violations.
The e-scrap recycling company recently reached a settlement with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) over hazardous and universal waste violations that occurred at Metech's Gilroy, Calif. facility. The settlement was approved by a state court judge on Jan. 29, and DTSC published a press release about it on Feb. 25.
The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S. e-scrap facilities were still owned by Singapore-based company Metech International. In September 2018, that publicly traded company agreed to essentially give the struggling e-scrap company to two of its own leaders. In February 2019, those leaders sold the company's five U.S. e-scrap recycling facilities to a group of investors associated with First America Metal for $300,000.
One of the current leaders of the company said materials handling processes are now greatly improved.
"The good thing is the new management seriously believes in maintaining this all the time," Rex Cheng, president of Metech, told E-Scrap News. "We're doing so far so good. The last inspection passed with flying colors."
The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S. e-scrap facilities were still owned by Singapore-based company Metech International. | zimmytws/Shutterstock[/caption]
Metech Recycling will pay the state of California $310,000 in penalties to settle a legal fight over years-old waste law violations.
The e-scrap recycling company recently reached a settlement with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) over hazardous and universal waste violations that occurred at Metech's Gilroy, Calif. facility. The settlement was approved by a state court judge on Jan. 29, and DTSC published a press release about it on Feb. 25.
The settlement pertains to violations that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017, when Metech and its five U.S. e-scrap facilities were still owned by Singapore-based company Metech International. In September 2018, that publicly traded company agreed to essentially give the struggling e-scrap company to two of its own leaders. In February 2019, those leaders sold the company's five U.S. e-scrap recycling facilities to a group of investors associated with First America Metal for $300,000.
One of the current leaders of the company said materials handling processes are now greatly improved.
"The good thing is the new management seriously believes in maintaining this all the time," Rex Cheng, president of Metech, told E-Scrap News. "We're doing so far so good. The last inspection passed with flying colors."
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