Target Sued for Alleged False Advertising on Compost Products

Target Corp. and NatureStar, a company that makes compostable packaging, allegedly misled customers by branding products containing “forever chemicals” as being compostable, according to a proposed class action.

The companies marketed and sold multiple products as able to breakdown in the compost process, when in fact they contained “significant amounts” of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, according to the complaint filed Thursday.

PFAS don’t break down in compost, and the plaintiffs, led by Fresno, Calif., resident Terri Little, maintain they wouldn’t have paid more for the products had they known they weren’t sustainable.

The alleged false branding conflicts ...