Washington EPR deadline
Last verified
Washington has 8 verified packaging EPR deadlines in the Instica data, reviewed on September 29, 2026, the first falling March 1, 2026. The kinds of date are other date, report deadline, registration deadline, payment date. Each carries the period it covers and a quoted source, and you sign and submit every filing yourself.
Washington EPR deadlines at a glance
| Date or rule | Kind | Period covered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2026 | Other date | Not stated | circularactionalliance.org |
| May 31, 2026 | Report | Not stated | circularactionalliance.org |
| July 1, 2026 | Registration deadline | Not stated | app.leg.wa.gov |
| October 1, 2028 | Other date | Not stated | app.leg.wa.gov |
| March 1, 2029 | Other date | Not stated | app.leg.wa.gov |
| January 1, 2030 | Other date | Not stated | app.leg.wa.gov |
| February 15, 2031 | Payment | Not stated | app.leg.wa.gov |
| February 15, 2032 | Payment | Not stated | app.leg.wa.gov |
Each verified date and what it asks of you
Other date: March 1, 2026
The other date is March 1, 2026.
Note from the source: The PRO, not the producer, registers with Ecology.
Original wording
By March 1, 2026 A PRO must register with Washington Department of Ecology on behalf of its producers.Source: circularactionalliance.org
Report: May 31, 2026
The report deadline is May 31, 2026.
Note from the source: CAA interim date, not a statutory date.
Original wording
By May 31, 2026 Reporting (Interim State Addendum Signed & Simplified Reporting)Source: circularactionalliance.org
Registration deadline: July 1, 2026
The registration deadline is July 1, 2026.
Note from the source: First day on which membership applies.
Original wording
After July 1, 2026, be a member of a producer responsibility organization registered in this stateSource: app.leg.wa.gov
Other date: October 1, 2028 (2)
The other date is October 1, 2028.
Note from the source: The PRO submits the plan.
Original wording
By October 1, 2028, and every five years thereafter, submit a plan that meets the requirements of this chapterSource: app.leg.wa.gov
Other date: March 1, 2029 (3)
The other date is March 1, 2029.
Note from the source: A non-member or a producer without an individual plan may not introduce covered materials into the state.
Original wording
Beginning March 1, 2029, a producer that is not a member in good standing with a registered producer responsibility organizationSource: app.leg.wa.gov
Other date: January 1, 2030 (4)
The other date is January 1, 2030.
Note from the source: PRO duty.
Original wording
By January 1, 2030, or within six months of plan approval, whichever is later, implement the plan approved by the departmentSource: app.leg.wa.gov
Payment: February 15, 2031
The payment date is February 15, 2031.
Note from the source: Share of local-government net costs the PRO must reimburse.
Original wording
No less than 75 percent of the net costs by February 15, 2031Source: app.leg.wa.gov
Payment: February 15, 2032 (2)
The payment date is February 15, 2032.
Note from the source: Share of local-government net costs the PRO must reimburse.
Original wording
No less than 90 percent of the net costs by February 15, 2032, and each year thereafterSource: app.leg.wa.gov
Washington: the 2026 calendar worked out day by day
This section places the 3 dated entries for Washington on the 2026 calendar. A yearly rule is placed on its day in 2026; a fixed date is used as the source gives it. The weekday, the day of the year, the ISO week and the quarter are worked out from that date, and the distance to the review of September 29, 2026 is counted in days. The first entry falls on March 1, 2026 and the last on July 1, 2026.
Other date: Sunday, March 1, 2026. This is day 60 of the year, in ISO week 9 and quarter 1. It lay 212 days before the review date, and it is the first entry of the year.
Report: Sunday, May 31, 2026. This is day 151 of the year, in ISO week 22 and quarter 2. It lay 121 days before the review date, and 91 days after the previous entry (other date).
Registration deadline: Wednesday, July 1, 2026. This is day 182 of the year, in ISO week 27 and quarter 3. It lay 90 days before the review date, and 31 days after the previous entry (report deadline).
Across 2026 the 3 dated entries for Washington spread over 122 days, from the first to the last. By quarter the count is Q1 1, Q2 1, Q3 1, Q4 0.
The longest wait between two entries is 91 days, from March 1, 2026 to May 31, 2026. The shortest is 31 days, from May 31, 2026 to July 1, 2026. 2 of the 3 dates fall on a Saturday or Sunday. The sources do not say here what happens when a due day is not a working day, so read the source before you plan around it.
By kind, the 2026 entries for Washington are Other date 1, Report 1, Registration deadline 1. By weekday they are Sunday 2, Wednesday 1. Counted from the review on September 29, 2026, the first entry falls 212 days before it and the last 90 days before it.
Washington next to the other places in United States
Washington is one of 7 places in United States with a verified deadline in the Instica data. With 8 verified deadlines it ranks 1 of 7 by the number of entries (rank 1 has the most). By the first dated entry in 2026, March 1, 2026, it ranks 2 of 5.
In United States the earliest first date in 2026 belongs to Colorado (January 1, 2026) and the latest to Oregon (May 31, 2026).
Closest in time to the first date of Washington, measured against the other places in United States: Colorado (January 1, 2026, 59 days earlier); Maryland (May 31, 2026, 91 days later); Minnesota (May 31, 2026, 91 days later).
Neighbours on the map that have a dated entry in 2026, compared with the first date of Washington: British Columbia (January 31, 2026, 29 days earlier); Oregon (May 31, 2026, 91 days later).
Across all 48 places with a verified deadline in the Instica data, whatever the region, 8 entries for Washington sits against a median of 3 per place, and 46 places have fewer. The first dated entry of Washington in 2026, March 1, 2026, ranks 8 of 45 places with a dated entry; the earliest anywhere is Colorado (January 1, 2026) and the latest is Germany (December 31, 2026).
Washington: each kind of date against United States
Each kind of date that Washington has in 2026 is set below against the other places in United States that have a dated entry of the same kind. The rank counts places with an earlier date, so rank 1 is the earliest.
Other date: Washington has March 1, 2026. Of the 3 places in United States with a dated other date in 2026, it ranks 2. The earliest is Colorado (January 1, 2026) and the latest is Minnesota (December 31, 2026).
Report: Washington has May 31, 2026. Of the 4 places in United States with a dated report deadline in 2026, it ranks 1. The earliest is Maryland (May 31, 2026) and the latest is Washington (May 31, 2026).
Registration deadline: Washington has July 1, 2026. Of the 3 places in United States with a dated registration deadline in 2026, it ranks 2. The earliest is Maryland (May 31, 2026) and the latest is Washington (July 1, 2026).
Washington: the 2026 dates month by month
Month by month, the dated entries for Washington in 2026 fall as follows. No entry falls in January, February, April, June, August, September, October, November, December.
March: Other date on Sunday the 1st.
May: Report on Sunday the 31st.
July: Registration deadline on Wednesday the 1st.
Who sets and receives these dates
Washington: Registration runs through Producer registers with a PRO; the PRO registers with Ecology; the party that registers is described as The producer, with a PRO. The dates above are the ones that registry and its programme publish, so they are the ones your filings are measured against.
Producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation; the organisations named in the data are Circular Action Alliance; membership of the organisation is required. Programmes can publish their own dates, such as invoice days, next to the dates of the authority, and both kinds of date are listed when a source states them.
The file that goes with the date
Washington: the recipient has not yet published a file layout for these reports, so the data holds no layout to show. Instica does not fill the gap with a guess; the report-format page records what is still open. When the layout is published, Instica prepares the file in it from your measured and estimated quantities, and you upload it yourself.
Open the Washington report-format page
Questions about Washington EPR deadlines
When is the Washington EPR report due?
The data lists these report dates for Washington: May 31, 2026. Read the period each one covers in the table above, and open the source to confirm the day before you file.
Which period does a Washington deadline cover?
The sources for Washington do not state a period for these dates, so none is shown. The quote under each date is the full wording.
Washington has 8 verified deadlines in the Instica data. Verified means that the date or rule was read from a primary source on the retrieval date shown beside it, with the quote kept in the language of the source. A date that no primary source states is not shown as a date at all: it appears further down as not yet published, with the reason.
By shape, the entries are 8 with a fixed calendar date. The table lists them in date order, then by kind. The sections after it take each date in turn, then explain what the kinds of date ask of a producer, how to read a yearly rule or a month-only rule, and what to prepare before the day arrives.
What each kind of date means
Other date
Some dates in the source are neither a registration, a report nor a payment, for example a date from which a rule applies or a notice period. They are listed with the same source and quote as every other date, and the note beside each one says what it is.
Report
A report deadline is the date by which the packaging quantities for a stated period have to reach the receiving office or programme. The period covered is shown with the date, because the same report can be due a few months after the period ends. Instica measures and estimates the weights, prepares the file in the layout of the recipient and shows you the numbers; you sign and submit it in the official portal.
Registration deadline
A registration deadline is the date by which a producer has to be on the register, or signed up with the programme, before it places covered packaging on the market. Who has to register depends on the place: it is often the brand owner, the importer or the marketplace, and the quote under each date shows the wording. Instica reads the date from the source and shows it beside the period it opens. The registration itself is something you do in the official registry.
Payment
A payment date is the day by which fees or dues have to be paid for a programme year. Some programmes fix the day in the rules and others set it on each invoice, which is why a month-only entry can appear without a day. Instica estimates the fee from the published rate schedule; the invoice and the payment stay between you and the programme.
How dates, yearly rules and month-only rules read
A fixed date is shown as the source gives it, formatted for your language. It is a calendar day, not a time of day, and it applies in the local time of the office that receives the filing. Where a fixed date is the first of a yearly series, the entry says so.
Dates in this data can be revised by the programme or the authority. Each entry shows the day it was retrieved, so you can see how old it is, and a newer source always wins over this page.
Dates the sources have not published yet
Washington: the data lists no entry that is still pending. Every deadline above is verified.
Preparing before the date
- Check whether you have to register at all, and with whom, before the registration date arrives; the first report cannot be filed without it.
- Count the packaging you place on the market in the period the date covers. Weigh a sample of each pack, record the material of each part and note where each weight comes from: measured, supplied by your supplier, estimated or declared.
- Group the weights the way the recipient groups them. The report-format page for this place lists the columns, the units and the rounding the file expects.
- Estimate the fee from the published rate schedule, if the programme charges by weight or material, and keep the working so you can explain every figure.
- Read the source quote under the date once more, because the programme can change a day or a period between reviews.
- Sign in to the official portal yourself, check the prepared file and submit it. Instica stores no portal credentials and files nothing for you.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Instica submit the report for me?
No. Instica measures, estimates and prepares the figures and the file. You sign in to the official portal, check the file and submit it yourself, and Instica never stores your portal credentials.
How do I add the Washington dates to my calendar?
Use the calendar block on this page: download the file or subscribe with the feed address. Each event has the day, the kind of date and the address of the source. Dates that the source gives only as a month or in words are not in the feed.
What if a source changes a date after this review?
The source wins. Every entry shows the day it was retrieved. Check the source address before you act, and use the next review of this page for the change.
How to read this page
Sources
- circularactionalliance.org (washington) retrieved
Original wording: By March 1, 2026 A PRO must register with Washington Department of Ecology on behalf of its producers.
Original wording: By May 31, 2026 Reporting (Interim State Addendum Signed & Simplified Reporting)
Original wording: July 1, 2026 Washington regulatory deadline for Producers to register with a PRO.
- app.leg.wa.gov retrieved
Original wording: After July 1, 2026, be a member of a producer responsibility organization registered in this state
Original wording: By October 1, 2028, and every five years thereafter, submit a plan that meets the requirements of this chapter
Original wording: Beginning March 1, 2029, a producer that is not a member in good standing with a registered producer responsibility organization
Original wording: By January 1, 2030, or within six months of plan approval, whichever is later, implement the plan approved by the department
Original wording: No less than 75 percent of the net costs by February 15, 2031
Original wording: No less than 90 percent of the net costs by February 15, 2032, and each year thereafter
- ecology.wa.gov retrieved
Original wording: The Circular Action Alliance is the PRO representing producers in Washington. We encourage all potentially obligated producers to register with CAA.
- circularactionalliance.org (Washington Part 1 Producer Definition Final) retrieved (not yet published)
Original wording: Further guidance, including material reporting categories, will be provided when these details are known.
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