Recycling Technology Innovation Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 9
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025
What it does
The Recycling Technology Innovation Act would amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain plastic recycling technologies—such as pyrolysis, gasification, and depolymerization—from the definition of solid waste incineration units, thereby reducing regulatory burdens on facilities that convert plastic waste into usable products. The bill applies to owners or operators of such units, allowing them to petition the EPA Administrator for exclusion if their process yields at least 50% by mass of qualifying products (excluding electricity, heat, steam, soot, char, dust, or ash). It establishes a formal petition process requiring public disclosure, comment periods, and a decision within 180 days,…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.