Recycling helps reduce pollution, save energy, conserve natural resources, and support local jobs and businesses. Follow these tips to make sure your recycling efforts don't go to waste. Even items ...

We also provide educational resources to property owners who want to drill a new well, maintain a well, or close down (decommission) an unused well. Well drillers and property owners have the ...

From 1945 until 1987, the U.S. had an insatiable need for plutonium to fuel the country's nuclear arsenal. In the quest to maintain nuclear superiority during the Cold War, the federal government ...

There are sites on our Contaminated Sites List that we know have Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. Although PFAS chemicals are not manufactured in Washington, they can still be ...

We improve and protect water quality, manage and conserve water resources, and effectively manage coastal and inland shorelines to assure our state has sufficient supplies of clean water for ...

We prevent and clean up toxic leaks and spills across the state. We respond to spills, inspect chemical storage and transport facilities, and clean up complex contaminated sites that threaten the ...

Our GIS staff build and maintain spatial datasets and applications, conduct GIS projects, and publish GIS maps in support of the agency's mission of protecting the land, air, and waters of the state.

Our Solid Waste Management program coordinates solid waste and recycling programs in Washington. The state is committed to reducing and recycling waste wherever possible, and safely managing what ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with Washington State University, is testing how long a bioretention soil mix can be used to reduce pollution and toxicity from urban stormwater.

In this edition of Behind the Scenes at the Nuclear Waste Program, we talked with Moises Guevara, our Tank Waste Treatment Unit Supervisor. Moises teaching future haz mat technicians at a training ...

Any individual, group, or entity that believes they have been subjected to discrimination based on disability with regard to any Ecology activity, facility, program, or service are encouraged to ...

The city of Bellevue, in collaboration with Herrera Environmental Consultants, will evaluate the maintenance thresholds or conditions for the following stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs): ...