Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 70A.222 · 8 active provisions
The legislature finds and declares that:(1) The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment;(2) Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream;(3) The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the total concern in…
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Food package" means a package or packaging component that is intended for direct food contact and is comprised, in substantial part, of paper, paperboard, or other materials originally derived from plant fib…
The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium present in any package or packaging component shall not exceed the following:(1) Six hundred parts per million by weight effective July 1, 1993;(2) Two hundred fifty parts per million by weight effective July 1, 1994; and(3) One hund…
All packages and packaging components shall be subject to this chapter except the following:(1) Those packages or package components with a code indicating date of manufacture that were manufactured prior to May 21, 1991;(2) Those packages or packaging components that have been purchased by, delivered to, or are posses…
A certificate of compliance stating that a package or packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be developed by its manufacturer. For food packaging, a manufacturer shall develop a compliance certificate by the date of a prohibition taking effect under RCW 70A.222.070. If complian…
Requests from a member of the public for any certificate of compliance shall be:(1) Made in writing to the department of ecology;(2) Made specific as to package or packaging component information requested; and(3) Responded to by the department of ecology within ninety days.
The department of ecology may prohibit the sale of any package for which a manufacturer has failed to respond to a request by the department for a certificate of compliance within the allotted period of time pursuant to RCW 70A.222.040.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2022, no person may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this state food packaging to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added in any amount. This prohibition may not take effect until the department of ecology completes the follow…