For years, S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. has been accused of polluting a nearby school campus with metal projectiles and harmful toxins left in the soil. The Weisenbergs, owners of Atlas ...

The troublesome Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. will permanently close its Watts recycling plant after its owners pleaded no contest to polluting a nearby school campus with hazardous materials.

Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. in Watts will shut down permanently after pleading no contest to hazardous waste violations, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday.

After Atlas Metal Company’s owners, Matthew and Gary Weisenberg, were indicted in September for mishandling hazardous waste and thus causing an explosion next to Jordan High School, they were ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a scrap metal recycler in Watts to take action to prevent chemicals from washing into local storm drains and drifting onto the campus of a ...