The latest packaging product stewardship legislation for Washington.
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...
On May 17, 2021, Governor Inslee signed into law SB 5022 to reduce plastic pollution and improve recycling (...
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...
HB 2056 was signed into law and went into effect in July, 2007. The bill requires beverage vendors at official gatherings and events, in areas for which residential and commercial recycling is already available, to provide recycling for single-serving plastic, glass and aluminum containers. The Washington State Department of Ecology has produced a Focus Sheet on Recycling at Washington Events (PDF file, 175KB) that answers...
