US retailer Costco has agreed to cut its emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse-gas chemicals from refrigeration equipment as part of a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and department of justice.
US retailer Costco has agreed to cut its emissions of ozone-depleting and greenhouse-gas chemicals from refrigeration equipment as part of a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and department of justice.
The firm will also pay $335,000 in penalties for violating the Clean Air Act. The EPA reports that Costco violated the Act by failing to repair leaks of the refrigerant R-22, a powerful ozone-depleting substance, between 2004 and 2007.
Costco also failed to keep adequate records of the servicing of its refrigeration equipment, which is a requirement under the Act to prevent harmful leaks.