HB 2914-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Requires all mercury-containing lights collected in the state by product stewardship programs or other collection programs to be recycled.

Requires all persons, residents, government, commercial, industrial, and retail facilities and office buildings to recycle their end-of-life mercury-containing lights.

Requires producers of mercury-containing lights sold in or into the state to participate in a product stewardship program.

Requires the department of ecology to publish certain information on its web site regarding product stewardship programs.

Creates the product stewardship programs account.

Prescribes penalties.