Waste & Toxics

Information on toxics in the home, household hazardous waste, and litter pickup programs.

• Toxics in your community
• Toxic chemicals in your home
• Household hazardous waste

Guidance on managing dangerous or hazardous waste.

• Manage your waste
• Reduce waste & pollution
• Reports & fees

We’re working to keep the Hanford cleanup on track and manage radioactive wastes in Washington.

• Hanford cleanup
• Public comment periods
• Radioactive waste disposal
• Permits that direct our Nuclear Waste Program
• Natural resources protection

Learn about Washington's recycling programs, organics recycling, and find recycling resources.

• About 1-800-RECYCLE
• Recycle Right
• Recicla Bien
• Electronics
• Organic materials
• • Enacting legislation
  • China's recycling ban
  • Mercury lights
  • Recycling Development Center
  • Residential commingled recycling
  • Environmentally preferable purchasing
  • Event recycling
  • Solar panels
  See more

We enforce regulations and develop policies to reduce toxic chemicals in consumer products and the environment.

• Better Brakes Law
• Addressing priority toxic chemicals
• Green chemistry
• Children's Safe Products Act
• Safer products
• • Washington’s toxics in products laws
  • Toxics studies
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We assist local governments in regulating solid waste collection and disposal, and support litter pickup programs.

• Solid waste
• Litter