{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-70a.230.160","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 70A.230.160","heading":"Mercury-containing lights.","body":"(1) All persons, residents, government, commercial, industrial, and retail facilities and office buildings must recycle their end-of-life mercury-containing lights.\n(2) No mercury-containing lights may knowingly be placed in waste containers for disposal at incinerators, waste to energy facilities, or landfills.\n(3) No mercury-containing lights may knowingly be placed in a container for mixed recyclables unless there is a separate location or compartment for the mercury-containing lights that complies with local government collection standards or guidelines.\n(4) No owner or operator of a solid waste facility may be found in violation of this section if the facility has posted in a conspicuous location a sign stating that mercury-containing lights must be recycled and are not accepted for disposal.\n(5) No solid waste collector may be found in violation of this section for mercury-containing lights placed in a disposal container by the generator of the mercury-containing light.","path":["Title 70A","Chapter 70A.230"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=70A.230.160","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:00:05Z","sha256":"51c41d01280cff1c41ea73668aa149cda611037ea00dfc34fa0951ddca0131e7","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-70a.230.140","next":"us-wa/rcw-70a.235.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}