Shoptalk
Shoptalk is our dangerous waste and pollution prevention newsletter that provides information about training, best practices, rulemaking, and reporting deadlines. Shoptalk is published three times a year by our Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Program.
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Read Shoptalk: Summer 2024 (PDF).
Previous issues
Shoptalk: Winter 2024
In this issue: Reporting season reminders, new chemicals added to TRI list, tips on how to save money on waste disposal, information about our Product Replacement Program, and details about a free competition between laboratories with cold storage.
Shoptalk: Summer 2023
In this issue: Reduce your exposure to toxic receipt paper, recycling your dangerous waste legitimately, how to dispose of vape waste, answering your questions about preventing pollution at the source, helping your food processing business with our technical assistance, and how to join in on a competition between laboratories.
Shoptalk: Winter 2023
In this issue: How to prepare for your next inspection, how to properly dispose of lithium-ion batteries, information about PCBs in building materials, reporting reminders, and a new spray painting efficiency training.
Shoptalk archive
Shoptalk has been published since 1991. Read more back issues of Shoptalk.
Contact information
Ruth Froese
Shoptalk Editor
shoptalk@ecy.wa.gov