EPR and DRS in Washington State – Phase II

Eunomia was commissioned by the King County Responsible Recycling Task Force (Washington State) to carry out a three-phase study to contribute to the development of a feasible model for a beverage container deposit system.

The Phase II study looked at how a beverage container deposit system  in Washington State could work as a separate, stand-alone program without a complementary EPR system.

The study proposes a design for a best-in-class deposit system for Washington State and makes a series of recommendations on:

• Obligated parties
• Obligated materials
• Targets
• Deposit rate
• Infrastructure
• Fraud mitigation
• Reporting
• Collection and reprocessing
• System finances