Santa Monica pottery studio responds after video surfaces of employees dumping glaze in storm drain

one of the employees can be heard saying “Who cares? It’ll rain.”

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/santa-monica-pottery-studio-responds-after-video-surfaces-of-employees-dumping-glaze-in-storm-drain/

In a statement posted to Facebook, Color Me Mine Santa Monica apologized to the Santa Monica community as well as “customers new and old.”

“We at Color Me Mine want to give our deepest apologies and take accountability for our employees’ actions,” the statement read in part. “These actions were not enforced, condoned nor recommended by management nor ownership.”

The ceramics studio said that they are “ashamed that such a huge mistake…caused by one of [their] own” occurred just feet from their store and expressed that what the employee did was not only not standard procedure, but this was also the first time an incident like this happened in the 15 years they have been at that location.

“Please recognize that these actions are wrong and are being handled, and most definitely are not representative of the entirety of our store,” the statement continued. “We are working with the city to pay for fines and the cleanup process as well.”

Color Me Mine Santa Monica did note that the glaze in the video is non-toxic, water based and soluble.