{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-70a.505.080","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 70A.505.080","heading":"Requirement to recycle end-of-life mercury-containing lights. (Effective until January 1, 2035.)","body":"Effective January 1, 2013:\n(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.505"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=70A.505.080","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:03:24Z","sha256":"8f1970ce10ab8edc1b0232d6fbe2b5f157aca34bb55823bd8a092f28a8199430","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-70a.505.070","next":"us-wa/rcw-70a.505.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}