E-Cycle Washington

Washington State Department of Ecology

Recycling Plans for Electronic Products

The Standard Plan for Recycling Covered Electronic Products in Washington State, submitted by the Washington Materials Management & Financing Authority, was last updated on May 27, 2009.

Manufacturers of electronic products sold in or into the state of Washington must participate in a recycling plan. This includes manufacturers of desktop and portable or laptop computers, computer monitors and televisions. There are two recycling plan options:

Standard Plan – Manufacturers are automatically participants in the Standard Plan for the collection, transportation and recycling of electronic products. The Standard Plan will be operated by the Washington Materials Management and Financing Authority (see http://www.wmmfa.net/).
Independent Plan – If certain criteria are met, a manufacturer or a group of manufacturers may opt out of the Standard Plan and operate an Independent Plan for the collection, transportation and recycling of electronic products in Washington.

If you wish to submit a recycling plan to Ecology, please use the Covered Electronic Product Recycling Plan Template.

Recycling plans must conduct periodic sampling in the presence of a Third-Party Observer approved by Ecology. See the list of Third-Party Observers.

Registration Lists

(Click on each industry to see who's registered)
- Collector
- Manufacturers
- Processors
- Transporter

173-900 WAC

Electronic Product Recycling Rule.