HB 2800-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires all state-funded public agency facilities, including but not limited to educational institutions, to recycle their fluorescent lamps.

Prohibits, effective June 30, 2009, state-funded agency facilities' sale or purchase of bulk mercury.

Requires the department of ecology, in consultation with the solid waste advisory committee created under RCW 70.95.040, to conduct research and develop recommendations for implementing and financing mercury-added general purpose lighting recycling program.

Provides that the department of ecology, in consultation with the United States environmental protection agency, shall study the feasibility of the development of a national repository for mercury.