Overview
- The complaint, filed Sept. 24 in Common Pleas Court with Hausfeld LLP as co-counsel, targets Ziploc bags and flexible bread packaging from brands such as Thomas' and Sara Lee.
- City attorneys allege a coordinated deceptive-marketing campaign, citing the chasing-arrows logo and “store drop-off” labels as misleading for items not recycled in Philadelphia.
- Officials say plastic film is the top contaminant in the municipal recycling stream and is removed for disposal because sorting equipment cannot process it safely.
- The suit seeks injunctions to change labeling, civil penalties, and monetary damages under the city’s consumer protection law.
- Bimbo Bakeries said it has not yet been served and will review the allegations, while S. C. Johnson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.