Keurig to Pay $3 Million Fine for False, Misleading Claims on Recycling of Its K CUPs

Keurig to Pay $3 Million Fine for False, Misleading Claims on Recycling of Its K CUPs
Keurig Green Mountain Inc. K-Cup coffee packs are seen on March 5, 2015 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images/Joe Raedle
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled.

In a statement Thursday the bureau says the company voluntarily reached an agreement that will include the fine plus an $800,000 donation to an environmental charity and $85,000 in Competition Bureau expenses for the case.