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Tara Cosoleto

Garbage bag giant fined over recycled sea plastic claim

Clorox had claimed its bags were made from 50 per cent recycled plastic waste from the ocean or sea. (HANDOUT/INSTITUTE FOR MARINE AND ANTARCTIC STUDIES)

The company behind GLAD garbage bags has been fined $8.25 million for falsely claiming the products were made from recycled ocean plastics.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission took Clorox Australia to the Federal Court over the misleading claims made between June 2021 and July 2023.

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