Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is investigating whether Repurpose misled consumers by marketing certain trash bags as “home compostable,” “100% compostable,” or environmentally superior without adequately disclosing important limitations regarding where and how the products actually break down.
What Consumers Report
Consumers report:
- Purchasing Repurpose bags because they were advertised as home compostable or compostable.
- Paying premium prices for environmentally friendly trash bags.
- Believing the bags would readily decompose under ordinary composting conditions.
- Discovering that decomposition may require specific composting environments.
- Learning that local composting programs may not accept the products.
Why Consumers Should Be Concerned
Consumers may reasonably believe that products marketed as compostable will readily decompose after disposal. If meaningful limitations regarding composting conditions are not clearly disclosed, purchasers may have paid a premium based on misleading environmental representations.
Potential Claims May Include
- False advertising
- Misleading compostability claims
- Consumer protection violations
- Breach of express warranty
- Unjust enrichment
Signs You May Be Affected
You may be affected if:
- You purchased Repurpose compostable trash bags.
- You relied on home-compostable or compostable claims.
- Your local composting program would not accept the bags.
- You paid more because of the environmental marketing.
- You would have purchased another product had you known the limitations.
If you have encountered these issues, we would like to hear from you. Please complete the contact form on this page, send us an email at [email protected], or give us a call at (202) 470-3520.