SB 5543-S.E - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
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 for residential use to fully finance and participate in a product stewardship program and to pay annual fees to the department of ecology for enforcement and administration costs. |
Requires product producers to play a significant role in financing no-cost collection and processing programs for mercury-containing lights. |
Prohibits the sale or purchase and delivery of bulk mercury. |
Prohibits the use of state or federal prison labor for processing unwanted products. |
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. |