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SENATE BILL 490
M3 2lr2285
By: Senators Ready and McCray
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Maryland Recycling Act – Recyclable Materials and Solid Waste Stream 2
– Alteration 3
FOR the purpose of altering the definitions of “recyclable materials” and “solid waste 4
stream” under the Maryland Recycling Act to include construction and demolition 5
debris; and generally relating to the Maryland Recycling Act. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Environment 8
Section 9–1701(a) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Environment 13
Section 9–1701(p) and (s) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASS EMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Environment 19
9–1701. 20
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 21
(p) (1) “Recyclable materials” means those materials that: 22
(i) Would otherwise become solid waste for disposal in a refuse 23 2 SENATE BILL 490
disposal system; and 1
(ii) May be collected, separated, composted, or processed and 2
returned to the marketplace in the form of raw materials or products. 3
(2) “RECYCLABLE MATERIALS ” INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION AND 4
DEMOLITION DEBRIS , SUCH AS RUBBLE , SCRAP MATERIAL , AND LAND CLEARING 5
DEBRIS. 6
(3) “Recyclable materials” does not include incinerator ash. 7
(s) (1) “Solid waste stream” means garbage or refuse that would, unless 8
recycled, be disposed of in a refuse disposal system. 9
(2) “Solid waste stream” includes [organic]: 10
(I) ORGANIC material capable of being composted that is not 11
composted in accordance with regulations adopted under § 9–1725(b) of this subtitle; AND 12
(II) CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS , SUCH AS 13
RUBBLE, SCRAP MATERIAL , AND LAND CLEARING DE BRIS. 14
(3) “Solid waste stream” does not include: 15
(i) Hospital waste; 16
[(ii) Rubble; 17
(iii) Scrap material; 18
(iv) Land clearing debris;] 19
[(v)] (II) Sewage sludge; or 20
[(vi)] (III) Waste generated by a single individual or business and 21
disposed of in a facility dedicated solely for that entity’s waste. 22
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 23
October 1, 2022. 24