Incentive Fund, a new project to lower financial barriers that prevent businesses from adopting safer products, install ...

Sometimes things happen with wastewater treatment and untreated or partially treated sewage can spill. We created a webpage ...

Major upgrades to the residential recyling system are coming. Producers will be responsible for residential packaging waste, ...

Reuse and recycling efforts for sports gear, wedding décor, software and composting were celebrated at the annual Pitch ...

Ecology is starting rulemaking for a new rule, chapter 173-950 WAC. This rule will guide implementation of the Recycling Reform Act, a law that creates an extended producer responsibility (EPR) ...

We developed a tool to calculate when a proposed compensatory wetland mitigation project will adequately replace the functions lost due to wetland impacts. This tool, Calculating Credits and Debits ...

We and local clean air agencies monitor and track emissions to make sure levels of outdoor air pollutants meet federal and state air quality standards. We focus on EPA's "criteria" pollutants and ...

We’re starting off the year with big news for Washington’s carbon offset program! On Dec. 19, 2023, Ecology issued the first cap-and-invest offset credits for two offset projects providing direct ...

Low snowpack in many Washington river basins means drought remains on the table for 2026 As we enter 2026, let’s take a moment to check in on what a wild month of December weather has meant for ...

For the first time since 2013, the Washington Department of Ecology issued a penalty in Eastern Washington for polluted runoff from farming operations. Greg, Dan, and Doug Stout of Whitman County ...

The Shoreline Management Act (SMA) requires all counties and most towns and cities with shorelines to develop and implement Shoreline Master Programs. The law also defines our role in reviewing and ...