HB 2800 - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

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

Requires all commercial, industrial, and retail facilities and office buildings to recycle their fluorescent lamps.

Prohibits, effective June 30, 2009, the sale or purchase of bulk mercury, including sales through the internet or sales by private parties.

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 a fluorescent lamp recycling program.