April 20, 2023
A recycling company in Georgia has agreed to no longer dump any of its industrial wastewater into a local water system, escaping a suit alleging wastewater from the "carpet capital of the world" was above legal PFAS limits and flowed downstream into drinking water.
November 16, 2022
A chemical company in northern Georgia has agreed not to pollute local rivers with so-called "forever chemicals" and stop selling those chemicals to the area's carpet industry, the latest in a series of settlements to resolve federal water pollution claims brought by a downstream resident.
October 14, 2022
The owner and operator of a northwest Georgia carpet finishing facility has agreed not to discharge any industrial wastewater into the city of Dalton's publicly owned treatment works as part of a settlement with a nearby resident to end federal water pollution claims.
June 22, 2022
An industrial plastic recycling facility in Georgia agreed Wednesday to fund $10,000 in water quality improvements and change its wastewater handling processes to get out of a suit alleging the recycler and other companies contaminated area water.
June 04, 2021
A Georgia federal judge has hinted that 3M Co. and other chemical suppliers may be dismissed from a proposed class action alleging environmental pollution tied to Georgia's carpet manufacturing industry.