SB 5144, providing for responsible environmental management of batteries, passed the legislature in April and was signed into law on May 11, 2023. The law requires producers of covered batteries and battery-containing products to participate in a stewardship organization which plans and provides for battery collection and end-of-life management. Under current rules adopted by the Department of...
Legislation: Washington
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
March, 2022
SB 5697, renewing Washington's recycling system and reducing waste, which would have created an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system for consumer packaging and paper products (PPP), did not move forward in the 2022 session.
The bill would have created a coordinated, transparent statewide system for residential recycling funded by the producers of PPP; residents...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
May, 2021
On May 17, 2021, Governor Inslee signed into law SB 5022 to reduce plastic pollution and improve recycling (...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
May, 2019
Plastic packaging stewardship legislation, Senate Bill 5397 / House Bill 1204, was introduced in January 2019. SB 5397 was amended into a study bill (ESSB 5397...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2019
Paint stewardship legislation, House Bill 1652, was introduced in January 2019 at the initiative of the paint industry American Coatings Association (ACA), similar to past paint stewardship legislation, passed the...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2017
Paint Stewardship legislation, House Bill 1376 concerning paint stewardship, was introduced in January 2017 for the 2017-2018 session at the initiative of the paint industry American Coatings Association (ACA), with the support of...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Law
Date:
January, 2017
HB 1047 requires medicine manufacturers to create, fund, and operate a convenient statewide collection and disposal program for unused medicines.
Introduced in January 2017, HB 1047 passed the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on Feb. 15, 2017 and Appropriations Feb. 21. Though it did not move to a floor vote prior to the 2017 cut-off date, the bill was taken up again in 2018, the second year of the biennium, and...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Resolution
Date:
October, 2016
At its October 2016 annual meeting, the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) adopted a resolution supporting medication return programs:
RESOLVED, that the WSMA support legislation to create a convenient, safe, secure, environmentally sound and sustainable product stewardship program for the collection, transportation...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Ordinance
Date:
June, 2016
On June 14, 2016, the Board of Health of the Snohomish Health District adopted a pharmaceutical stewardship ordinance (PDF) to establish a convenient secure medicine return system for residents that:
- Expands safe medicine...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
January, 2015
Paint Stewardship legislation, House Bill 1571 and Senate Bill 5926, was introduced in January 2015 for the 2015-2016 session at the initiative of the paint industry American Coatings Association (ACA), similar to ...
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The Northwest Product Stewardship Council includes the states of Washington and Oregon. In an effort to harmonize legislation and programs along the west coast, we also track activities in California and British Columbia, Canada.
For Product Stewardship Legislation in other states visit:
State Chemicals Policy Database
Product Stewardship Institute