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Substitute bill updates organics program: new bin colors, labeling, outreach and penalties for certain business noncompliance
Summary
Substitute House Bill 1497 would standardize colors and labeling for solid waste collection bins, fund contamination‑reduction outreach, require lists of businesses subject to organics requirements and add penalties for business noncompliance; Ecology and industry witnesses supported the bill with implementation caveats.
Substitute House Bill 1497 would implement several changes to Washington’s organic‑materials management framework. Jacob Lipson briefed committee members that the bill would require standardized coloring of new solid waste collection bins beginning in 2028 and labeling starting in 2027; entities not complying with the coloring rules would be ineligible for certain grants tied to organics implementation. The bill also would direct Ecology, subject to appropriation, to run a contamination‑reduction outreach program; publish lists of businesses expected to be subject to organics requirements; and establish…
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