Producer Responsibility

Producer responsibility, also known as extended producer responsibility or product stewardship, is a strategy designed to promote the integration of environmental costs associated with products throughout their life cycles into the market price of the products. Learn more about producer responsibility.

In 2009, the Washington State Secure Medicine Return Bill was passed through three committees in the House, but the clock ran out before a floor vote could be held. The bill will be reintroduced in the 2010 legislative session. Learn about the Secure Medicine Return Bill.