Environment Washington’s 2024 Legislative Recap
The 2024 legislative session has come to a close. Read on to learn about environmental progress we're celebrating, and some of the missed opportunities we'll continue to work towards next year.
Recycling & compost
Nearly all of America’s trash could be composted and recycled. But we’ve got a lot of work to do to get there.
Most of us put our recyclables out for collection. But it’s going to take more than individual action to deal with our trash problem. Only 24% of our trash actually gets recycled, and only 9% gets composted. We can do better. Together we can share information, resources and push our leaders to build a better recycling and composting system.
The Latest on Recycling & compost
Turning plastic waste into plastic lumber isn’t recycling
ReWRAP Act Lobby Day
Updates
Join us for an Earth Day Cleanup Event!
Washington is one step closer to saying “Farewell to Fluorescents”
Legislative Update: We’re halfway there!
Featured Resources
Truth in recycling
How to advocate for plastic reduction policies
Student Action Workshop: Writing legislators & letters to the editor
The Problems with Plastic and Recycling
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The hidden cost of Amazon Prime Days
Shoppers can score some great deals on Amazon Prime Day or Prime Big Deal Days, but they come at a cost: tons and tons of single-use plastic packaging waste added to our environment.
Two priority zero waste policies advance in the legislature
The WRAP Act and the Fair Repair Act passed out of a key committee on Thursday.
Statement: The Washington Recycling and Packaging Act moves past first legislative hurdle
On Thursday, the House Environment and Energy committee advanced the Washington Recycling and Packaging (WRAP) Act with a vote of 8-7. Sponsored by Rep. Liz Berry (D-Seattle), the WRAP Act (HB 1131) would address the growing amount of unnecessary packaging–much of which is plastic and not recyclable.
