HB 4455 Summary

• Amends Michigan's solid waste management law (1994 PA 451) to revise and expand definitions of waste-related terms including "hauler," "inert material," "innovative technology facility," and adds new definitions for "pyrolysis," "solvolysis," and "post-use polymers" related to chemical recycling processes.

• Establishes a state goal to achieve a 45% municipal solid waste recycling rate, with an interim target of 30% by 2029, emphasizing recycling and reuse as principal objectives over landfilling and incineration.

• Clarifies definitions and regulatory framework for various materials management facilities including composting facilities (small, medium, large), materials recovery facilities, waste diversion centers, and coal ash disposal facilities.

• Adds provisions addressing chemical recycling of plastics through pyrolysis and solvolysis processes, exempting post-use polymers from solid waste classification when properly processed at chemical recycling facilities.

• Requires materials management facility applications to comply with local materials management plans and establishes procedures for department certification of health departments to administer solid waste management programs.

• Effective date: 90 days after enactment; bill is contingent on passage of companion bills HB 4454, 4456-4461.