Purpose.
By the provisions of chapter
70.93 RCW, the department of ecology has been delegated authority to conduct a permanent and continuous program to control and remove litter from this state to the maximum practical extent possible. The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards for litter receptacles and to prescribe the use, placement and distribution of litter receptacles throughout the state, under the authority set forth in RCW
70.93.040 and
70.93.090.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
70.93 RCW. WSR 00-19-015 (Order 00-18), § 173-310-010, filed 9/8/00, effective 10/9/00; Order 72-10, § 173-310-010, filed 5/15/72, effective 9/1/72.]