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| Title | Battery Stewardship Program (173-905 WAC) - Concise Explanatory Statement |
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Battery Stewardship Program (173-905 WAC) - Concise Explanatory Statement (Number of pages: 153) (Publication Size: 5621KB)
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| Author(s) | Washington Department of Ecology | ||||
| Description | In 2023, the Washington State Legislature passed Chapter 70A.555 RCW Batteries—Environmental Stewardship to establish a new extended producer responsibility program for battery collection in Washington. The program will be funded by producers and free for all Washington residents to drop off their unwanted batteries. The new law requires the Department of Ecology to adopt rules to implement the program. This new rule chapter establishes: • Processes and procedures that the department and battery stewardship organizations use to oversee and administer the program. • Fees to be paid to the department to cover the agency’s full costs of providing oversight of the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the program. • Requirements for producers to mark batteries with their identification, an identification of the chemistry of the battery, and an indication that batteries should not be discarded with household garbage. • Standards to ensure the safe and effective collection and handling of batteries through a stewardship program. |
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| Contact | Chris Fredley at 564-233-1615 or Chris.Fredley@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | Rulemaking, recycle, recycled, extended producer responsibility, batteries, rule making, rule-making, recycling, concise explanatory statement, battery, supporting literature for significant actions, 173-905 WAC, battery stewardship, producer responsibility, battery stewardship program | ||||
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