ESSB 5376

BYSenate Committee on Parks & Ecology (originally sponsored by Senators Rinehart, Bluechel, Kreidler, Hansen, Kiskaddon and Lee; by request of Department of Ecology)

Implementing goals for the increased use of recovered material by state government.

Senate Committee on Parks & Ecology

Senate Hearing Date(s):January 27, 1987; March 3, 1987

Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5376 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

Signed by Senators Kreidler, Chairman; Rinehart, Vice Chairman; Bluechel, Hansen, Kiskaddon.

Senate Staff:Henry Yates (786-7708)

March 3, 1987

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Senate Hearing Date(s):March 6, 1987

Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5376 as recommended by Committee on Parks & Ecology be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

Signed by Senators McDermott, Chairman; Gaspard, Vice Chairman; Bauer, Cantu, Fleming, Lee, Owen, Rasmussen, Rinehart, Saling, Talmadge, Warnke, Williams, Zimmerman.

Senate Staff:Lynn French (786-7715)

March 23, 1987

AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 19, 1987

BACKGROUND:

SHB 1164, passed in the 1984 session, established priorities for the management of solid waste. Waste reduction was listed as the highest priority followed by recycling. The total waste going into landfills has been estimated to contain one-third paper products. In order to reduce the amount of paper going into these facilities, several states have passed laws requiring that agencies use specific amounts of recycled paper. This paper is to include bond paper, paper towels, toilet tissue, corrugated boxes, envelopes and other products.

SUMMARY:

The Director of General Administration and the State Printer are to use a modified procedure that allows preferential purchase of paper products containing recovered material (defined). The procedure will employ a weighting factor determined by the amount of recycled paper in a product. Internal mill waste will not be considered as part of the recycled content of a paper product.

Recycled paper products are to be used by the state to the maximum practical extent. They must bear the statement "made with recycled paper." The State Printer must include the statement "printed on recycled paper" on all documents printed on paper containing recycled materials, where feasible. Both the Department of General Administration and the State Printer must submit a report to the Legislature on their progress in meeting state recycled paper procurement goals on the first day of each legislative session.

If the Department of General Administration determines, based on criteria established by rule, that bids received for the purchase of paper products do not reflect adequate competition because of a wide variation of recovered material content and other factors, the weighting factor process may be waived.

Fiscal Note: requested

Senate Committee - Testified: PARKS & ECOLOGY: Tom Eaton, Department of Ecology; Nancy Pearson, WCFR; Elizabeth Tabbutt, WEC

Senate Committee - Testified: WAYS & MEANS: No one