HB477 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, the Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Management Act regulates the disposal and recycling of solid waste and recyclable materials

This bill would define advanced recycling as a manufacturing process to convert post-use materials such as plastics into basic hydrocarbon raw materials

This bill would specify that advanced recycling, which would process the materials, including processing the materials through the use of thermal energy, would not be considered solid waste disposal or incineration under the solid waste act

This bill would also define mill scale and slag and include the term in the definition of solid waste

To amend Section 22-27-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials Management Act; to amend the definitions under the act; to define advanced recycling and to specify that advanced recycling would not be considered as solid waste disposal, solid waste processing, solid waste management, or incineration; and to define mill scale and slag and include the term in the definition of solid waste.