Recycling Technology Innovation Act
Sponsored By: Representative Crenshaw
Introduced
Summary
Would create a clear pathway for certain plastics-processing units to be excluded from the federal definition of "solid waste incineration unit." It would restructure that definition, add a rule-based 50 percent product test, and establish a 180-day petition review process for units that seek exclusion.
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- Owners and operators of plastics conversion units could qualify for exclusion if their outputs are at least 50 percent product by mass under a method the Administrator would set by rule.
- The Administrator would have to publish any exclusion petition, seek public comment, and approve or deny petitions within 180 days.
- The bill defines "product" as a material with a commercial or industrial use that can be sold or used as an input and explicitly excludes electricity, heat, steam, soot, char, dust, and ash from that definition.
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Exclusion for plastic conversion businesses
If enacted, the bill would change Clean Air Act rules for some plastic conversion units. A unit that converts plastic by pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, catalytic cracking, solvolysis, or chemolysis would be excluded from the "solid waste incineration unit" label if at least 50% of its outputs by mass are products. The EPA Administrator would set the method to calculate that percent by rule. The bill would define "product" as a material that can be sold or used to make other products. Products would not include electricity, heat, steam, soot, char, dust, or ash. Owners of units that do not meet the 50% test could petition EPA for an exclusion. EPA would publish the full petition, take public comment, and approve or deny it within 180 days. The change would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Crenshaw
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
AL • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
GA • R
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Balderson
OH • R
Sponsored 2/10/2026
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 2/11/2026
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