West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
West Virginia HB4011: Relating to advanced recycling.
Status: Passed one chamber, February 10, 2026
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §22-15-2 and §22-15-5 the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to facilitating the implementation by DEP of the certification of mass balance attribution by a third party who certifies recycled content in products to promote waste reduction practices by facilitating the use of recycled material in the feedstock for new products; providing definitions of mass balance attribution, recycled material, recycled plastics, renewable biomass, and renewable chemical; requiring DEP to identify third party certification systems to be used for waste reduction progr.
From the engrossed text, February 4, 2026:
A BILL to amend and reenact §22-15-2 and §22-15-5 the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to facilitating the implementation by DEP of the certification of mass balance attribution by a third party who certifies recycled content in products to promote waste reduction practices by facilitating the use of recycled material in the feedstock for new products; providing definitions of mass balance attribution, recycled material, recycled plastics, renewable biomass, and renewable chemical; requiring DEP to identify third party certification systems to be used for waste reduction programs through mass balance attribution; and providing for rulemaking. ARTICLE 15. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT. §22-15-2. Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, as used in this article the terms: "Advanced recycling" means a manufacturing process for the conversion of post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic hydrocarbon raw materials, feedstocks, chemicals, and other products like waxes and lubricants through processes that include pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, catalytic cracking, hydrogenation, chemolysis, solvolysis, and other similar technologies. The recycled products produced at advanced recycling facilities include, but are not limited to, monomers, oligomers, plastics, plastics and chemical feedstocks, basic and unfinished chemicals, waxes, lubricants, coatings, and other basic hydrocarbons. Advanced recycling shall not be considered solid waste management or solid waste disposal. "Advanced recycling facility" means a facility that receives, stores, and …