Greenpeace Drops Walmart ‘Recyclable’ Plastics False-Ad Suit

Greenpeace has voluntarily dismissed, for now, a lawsuit alleging Walmart Inc. deceptively touts its private-label plastic products as “recyclable,” according to a filing in a federal court in California.

Greenpeace Inc. alleged that the retailer’s plasticware and plastic product packaging aren’t recyclable because consumers don’t have access to recycling programs that accept them, they can’t be properly separated and sorted, and there are no end markets to reuse them or convert them into a material that can be reused.

The environmental group sought an injunction that would either require Walmart to substantiate its recycling claims or prohibit the company from ...