Are you buying, selling, or working as a real estate professional within the Tacoma smelter plume? Most properties are in areas where arsenic and lead pose only a very small, long-term health risk.

The Solid Waste Advisory Committee helps us develop policies to support the successful implementation of Washington's solid waste laws and the State Solid and Hazardous Waste Plan. The committee is ...

Waste management in Washington relies on a working partnership between state and local governments and private-sector businesses. County governments and local health departments develop solid waste ...

Product stewardship, sometimes called Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), places the focus on producers of materials that are impactful to the waste system and environment. The idea is that ...

Clean air is vital for everyone. We manage smoke, vehicle pollution, industrial emissions, and other pollutants so communities have healthy air to breathe. We do this through permits, regulations, and ...

We are accountable to the Legislature, the Governor, and the people of Washington. We make every effort to ensure our work is transparent. Ecology is implementing an application refund guarantee. If ...

Operators commonly meet their professional growth by earning 3.0 continuing education units (CEUs) each professional growth cycle. Operators earn these CEUs by attending approved training courses.

Projects that are funded by certain grants and loans must be reviewed by the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and Tribes to qualify for that funding. Cleanup activities, especially ...

We have requirements for advance notice of oil transfers (ANT) to help prepare for and prevent oil spills to Washington's environment. Our rules establish requirements for bulk oil transfers over ...

These grants are given to local clean air agencies and Ecology regional offices (if there's no local clean air agency) for projects that support wood stove education and enforcement. Wood smoke is one ...

Local governments can apply for a grant or loan to help clean up hazardous waste sites supervised by Ecology or EPA under a legal order or decree. Every even-numbered year, we work with local ...

The Ramp Litter Cleanup Program (RLCP) is a competitive grant program that was created to provide funding to local governments for litter cleanup of state highway ramps.