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Recycling Technology Innovation Act
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units that convert or transform plastic or post-use polymers through advanced processes from the definition of solid waste incineration units. To qualify for the exclusion, at least 50 percent of the outputs must be usable products with commercial or industrial applications, excluding energy and byproducts like ash or dust. The bill also creates a petition process allowing facility owners to request EPA approval for other plastic conversion units that do not meet the 50 percent product threshold. The EPA would have 180 days to approve or deny petitions after public comment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX)
8 cosponsors
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL)
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID)
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC)
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Dan Crenshaw’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $228,839
- CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST $19,800
- MCCORD DEVELOPMENT $16,500
- RIDA DEVELOPMENT $15,700
- ADVANCED HEALTH CARE $14,241
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Dan Crenshaw → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Dec 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Dec 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Crenshaw (for himself and Mr. Palmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Recycling Technology Innovation Act”.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE INCINERATION UNIT.
Section 129(g)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7429(g)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking “unit.—The term” and inserting “unit.—
“(A) In general.—The term”;
(2) by striking “include (A) materials” and inserting “include—
“(i) materials”;
(3) by striking “metals, (B) qualifying” and inserting “metals;
“(ii) qualifying”;
(4) by striking “purposes, or (C) air” and inserting “purposes;
“(iii) air”;
(5) by striking “rule.” and inserting “rule; or
“(iv) a unit that converts or transforms plastic or post-use polymers through pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, catalytic cracking, solvolysis, or chemolysis into outputs of which at least 50 percent by mass, as calculated via a method determined by the Administrator by rule, are products.”; and
(6) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Petitions for treatment.—
“(i) In general.—An owner or operator of a unit that converts or transforms plastic or post-use polymers and that is not described in subparagraph (A)(iv) may submit to the Administrator a petition requesting that such unit be treated as excluded from the definition of solid waste incineration unit.
“(ii) Process.—For any such petition, the Administrator shall—
“(I) make publicly available the complete petition;
“(II) seek public comment on the petition; and
“(III) approve or deny the petition not later than 180 days after the date on which the Administrator receives the petition.
“(C) Product defined.—In this paragraph, the term ‘product’—
“(i) means a material output that—
“(I) is a usable substance or material with a consumer, commercial, or industrial application; and
“(II) can be sold, or used as an input in the manufacture of another product; and
“(ii) does not include—
“(I) electricity, heat, or steam; and
“(II) soot, char, dust, or ash.”. <all>
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