BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

SB 5658: Recyclability

Concerning the recyclability of products and packaging.

Summary

Prohibits a person from offering for sale, selling, distributing, or importing into the state any product or packaging for which a deceptive or misleading claim about the recyclability of the product or packaging is made.
Directs the Department of Ecology to produce a material characterization study to provide information to the public for evaluating whether a product or packaging is recyclable in the state and are of material types and forms that routinely become feedstock used for new products or packaging by January 1, 2025.
Establishes minimum postconsumer recycled content requirements for producers of single-use plastic cups, plastic tubs, and thermoform plastic containers.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the recyclability of products and packaging;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5658 (2025–26) Workforce education account · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2023–24) Higher ed. comp. bidding · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2019–20) Bullion tax preferences · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2017–18) Solid fuel burning devices · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5658 (2015–16) Notices, records, & parties · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5658 (2013–14) Mercury-containing lights · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5658 (2011–12) DOT surplus real property · Enacted · Chapter 376, Laws of 2011
SB 5658 (2009–10) Chinese & Spanish languages · Did not pass · died in committee