North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H605: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
Status: In committee, May 1, 2025
What the bill says
An act to provide various advanced recycling definitions and procedures.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE VARIOUS ADVANCED RECYCLING DEFINITIONS AND PROCEDURES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) Subdivisions (17a) and (41b) of G.S. 130A-290(a) are recodified as subdivisions (17b) and (41c), respectively, of that subsection. SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 130A-290, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads as rewritten: "§ 130A-290. Definitions. (a) Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions shall apply throughout this Article: ... (17a) "Mass balance attribution" means an auditable chain of custody accounting methodology pursuant to a third-party certification system that enables the manufacturer to attribute quantities of feedstocks to one or more recycled products. ... (24a) "Recycled products" or "recycled product" means products that are produced from recyclable material and via mass balance attribution for chemical recycling processes. The designation of a product as a "recycled product" does not exempt the product from otherwise applicable air, water, or hazardous waste statutory or regulatory requirements. ... (41b) "Third-party certification system" means an international and multinational third-party certification system that consists of a set of rules for the implementation of mass balance attribution methodologies for the recycling of materials. ...." SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. *DRH30234-MH-74*
Sponsors
- Brody, Mark (R, 55) · primary sponsor
- Lowery (R) · primary sponsor
- Tyson, Steve (R, 3) · primary sponsor
- Riddell, Dennis (R, 64) · primary sponsor
- McNeely, Jeffrey C. (R, 84)
- Willingham, Shelly (D, 23)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Regular Message Received From House
- : Regular Message Sent To Senate
- : Passed 3rd Reading
- : Passed 2nd Reading
- : Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025
- : Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Reptd Fav
Votes
- Definitions for Advanced Recycling. Second Reading (April 30, 2025): 68 yea, 38 nay, passed
Subjects: PUBLIC, DEFINITIONS, ENVIRONMENT, SOLID WASTE, WASTE MANAGEMENT, RECYCLING
Common questions
- What is H605?
- H605 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Definitions for Advanced Recycling.
- What does H605 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide various advanced recycling definitions and procedures.
- What is the status of H605?
- In committee as of May 1, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (May 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored H605?
- Brody, Mark (R, 55), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H605?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H605
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