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Keurig caught making ‘inaccurate’ recycling claims about its coffee pods

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Keurig agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle the charges.

The SEC says the company made “inaccurate statements” about the recyclability of its single-use coffee pods.

The company failed to disclose key challenges with recycling the pods, the SEC says.

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