Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic
Hearing (House)
Summary
The bill changes Maryland law so that recycling no longer includes chemical methods such as pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or any similar process the Environment Department identifies. It also makes it illegal to build a plant in the state that turns plastic into fuel or feedstock using those methods. The change aims to keep plastic recycling focused on traditional collection and re‑use rather than fuel production.
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- Environment and Transportation — Bill HearingEnvironment and Transportation · Feb 25, 2026
History
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- First Reading Environment and Transportation
Sponsors
- Terrasa · sponsor
- Embry
- Fair
- Kaufman
- Lehman
- Moreno
- Ruth
- Spiegel
- Woorman
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