Establishing a priority for the use, reuse, and recycling of construction aggregate and recycled concrete materials in Washington.
Summary
Requires the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), together with local governmental entities and Washington-based construction industry associations, to develop criteria and objectives for the reuse and recycling of commonly defined coarse and fine aggregate cement and concrete mixtures.
Requires all WSDOT transportation projects to use at least 25-percent construction aggregate and recycled concrete materials by 2016.
Requires any local government with 100,000 residents or more to solicit bids from contractors that propose to use recycled content and give bidding preference to the contractor proposing to use the highest percentage of recycled material if it is at no additional cost.
Requires any local government with jurisdiction over a public works transportation or infrastructure project to, by the year 2016, adopt standards as developed by the WSDOT for the use of recycled materials as shown in the WSDOT's standard specifications for road, bridge, and municipal construction.
Requires local governments located in a county with less than 100,000 residents to review and determine their capacity for recycling, establish recycling strategies to reuse construction aggregate and recycled concrete materials for projects in their jurisdiction, and implement the strategies.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 1695), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗