Keurig Canada fined $3 million for misleading claims over coffee pod recycling

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.

Keurig reportedly came to an agreement to a settle a class-action suit in the United States over the same issue last month, though the details of that settlement are not yet public.

The company was investigated by the Competition Bureau for claims