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. |