Maryland House Bill 796: Recycling - Prohibition on the Chemical Conversion of Plastic

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Altering the definition of recycling to exclude certain chemical conversion processes, pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, gasification, enzymatic breakdown, or similar processes as determined by the Department of the Environment; and prohibiting a person from building in the State a facility that converts plastic to fuel or feedstock through a chemical conversion process.

Latest action

Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m. (2026-02-05)

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