Bill > HB1118

This bill establishes an extended producer responsibility program for packaging and paper products sold or supplied to consumers in Washington. The key provisions include: - Requiring producers to register and participate in approved plans to manage the collection, recycling, and responsible disposal of their covered products. Plans must meet performance requirements for reuse, recycling, and minimum recycled content. - Providing the Department of Ecology with authority to implement, administer, and enforce the program, including setting annual fees on producers to cover the department's costs. - Establishing convenience standards for consumer collection of covered products, with curbside and drop-off options. - Prohibiting the sale of certain expanded polystyrene products in the state starting in 2023. - Creating the Responsible Packaging Management Account to fund the department's implementation of the program. - Allowing for private rights of action to recover costs if producers do not meet their obligations under the program. The intent of the bill is to achieve a 90% recycling and reuse rate for plastic packaging and other packaging materials by 2040 through an extended producer responsibility approach.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1118&Year=2021&Initiative=false