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Shoptalk

Shoptalk is our dangerous waste and pollution prevention newsletter. This publication comes out three times a year with information about training, best practices, rulemaking, and reporting deadlines. Shoptalk is produced by our Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program.

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Read Shoptalk: Summer 2022 as an accessible PDF.

Previous issues

Shoptalk: Winter 2022

In this issue: Updates about PFAS, why salmon die before spawning, reporting season reminder, new rulemaking, reimbursements for auto shops, and old fluorescent light fixtures may contain toxic PCBs.

Shoptalk: Fall 2021

In this issue: How to dispose of vaccine waste, safer chemicals added to EPA’s list, PCB exposure through building materials, safer degreasers at auto shops, a new resource to find safer metalworking fluids, how to incorporate green chemistry at your business.

Shoptalk: Spring 2021

In this issue: A new way to recycle paint, get money for switching to safer auto degreasers, keep your workplace safer, replace toxic receipt paper, help businesses save money.

See more previous issues of Shoptalk.

Contact information

Ruth Froese
Shoptalk Editor
shoptalk@ecy.wa.gov

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