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Home and Neighborhood 

Protect Your Health and Your Environment

• Toxic Free Tips offers resources for households, schools, pet owners, and others. Learn about toxic chemicals and hazardous substances. Protect the environment and your health.
• Sustainability provides inspiration and information about some of the steps that we at Ecology are taking to foster sustainable communities and natural resources within our state.
• Beyond Waste is the state's plan for reducing and eliminating solid and dangerous waste over the next 30 years.
• How to Report Environmental Problems  If you see a spill or other environmental problem, we encourage you to report it. The sooner Ecology knows about an incident, the quicker we can act to reduce damages to our environment and protect sensitive natural resources.
• Be Ready for a Flood - Manage Your Hazardous Materials offers information on preparation and cleanup.
• Mercury Learn more about mercury and what Washington state is doing to protect people and the environment from this potent poison.

Know Your Neighborhood

• Public Information Concerning Hazardous Waste Activities in Washington State contains information about permit modifications and cleanups and offers opportunities for public input.
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)  Community Right-to-Know provisions help increase the public's knowledge and access to information on chemicals at individual facilities, their uses, and releases into the environment.
• Active Hazardous Waste & Used Oil Facilities in WA State provides information about dangerous waste management facilities and used oil processors in the state.
• Environmental Reporting Contacts Any environmental concern or spill can be reported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Governor's AwardSee businesses in your community that have been acknowledged for pollution prevention and sustainable practices.
• Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) The LEPC is responsible for developing a local emergency plan for their district and for the collection of information submitted by industry which is made available to the public.

Searchable Databases

• Ecology's Facility/Site System on the Web The Facility/Site Identification System contains key information for each facility/site that is currently, or has been, of interest to Ecology.
• Fertilizer Database What's in that fertilizer? Ecology's Fertilizer Database provides information on waste-derived fertilizers that are registered for distribution and available to consumers in Washington State. 
• Hazardous Waste Facility Search Search a statewide listing of all hazardous waste facilities in a database.

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