Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2002
Air-emissions criticism
A University of Massachusetts Amherst study identified MeadWestvaco as one of the larger corporate producers of reported air pollution in the United States, citing releases that included sulfuric acid, chlorine dioxide, chlorine, and methyl iodide. The company also pursued environmental compliance and voluntary sustainability initiatives.
1978
Cardboard-container antitrust allegations
Mead and 13 other companies were sued over allegations that they had coordinated to raise the cost of cardboard containers between 1973 and 1975. Mead later settled the related antitrust litigation in 1982.