Ohio Distributor of Budweiser Charged With Polluting Surface Runoff

Teamsters File Charges against Heidelberg Distributing for Dumping Contaminates into Storm Water Drain DAYTON, Ohio - On July 22, 2011 the Teamsters Local 957 filed a complaint with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency today charging Heidelberg Distributing, an Ohio distributor of Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser, with dumping contaminated water into a storm water drain on the company's property. The complaint was filed after several Budweiser delivery drivers objected to the practice in a questionnaire completed last week regarding problematic business practices at the company. Heidelberg distributes Budweiser, Samuel Adams, and Monster Energy Drink products in Dayton. "We have an obligation to make sure our employers are responsible stewards of the environment and are not engaging in practices that violate environmental regulations," said Varney Richmond, President of Teamsters Local 957. "We believe that corporate citizens such as Anheuser-Busch also have a responsibility to the community to ensure that the companies they hire to distribute their products are not hurting the environment or violating the letter or spirit of state or federal environmental laws."

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