North Carolina Establishes Statutory Definitions for Advanced Recycling and Mass Balance Attribution

Original title: Definitions for Advanced Recycling.

Last action · May 1, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Mark Brody and 5 others

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What This Bill Would Do

North Carolina enacts new statutory definitions for advanced recycling, , and s under state solid waste laws, effective upon becoming law.

Why it matters

Establishes standard legal terminology and accounting rules for chemical recycling and recycled product designations in state environmental statutes.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

recycling facility operators

Must comply with the newly established statutory definitions and accounting methodologies for mass balance attribution.

Directly affected

waste management sector

Subject to updated definitions and recodified subdivisions within North Carolina solid waste statutes.

Key Facts

Defines 'mass balance attribution' as an auditable chain of custody accounting methodology using a third-party certification system.
Defines 'recycled products' to include products produced from recyclable material via mass balance attribution for chemical recycling processes.
Specifies that designating a product as a 'recycled product' does not exempt it from otherwise applicable air, water, or hazardous waste regulations.
Defines 'third-party certification system' as an international and multinational certification system providing rules for mass balance attribution methodologies.

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Recodifies existing subdivisions (17a) and (41b) of G.S. 130A-290(a) as subdivisions (17b) and (41c).

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the recycled product designation exempt manufacturers from environmental rules?

No, 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.

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Procedural history

16 actions

May 1, 2025Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 1, 2025Senate
Passed 1st Reading
May 1, 2025Senate
Regular Message Received From House
May 1, 2025House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
Apr 30, 2025House
Passed 3rd Reading
Apr 30, 2025House
Passed 2nd Reading

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Apr 29, 2025House
Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025
Apr 29, 2025House
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
Apr 29, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 29, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 29, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 16, 2025House
Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
Apr 16, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 1, 2025House
Ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 1, 2025House
Passed 1st Reading
Mar 31, 2025HouseIntroduced
Filed

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