HB 620 — An Act amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, in recycling fee, further providing for recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and resource recovery facilities.

PRINTER'S NO.   631

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 620
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, BOROWSKI, CIRESI, DELLOSO, DONAHUE,
        FREEMAN, GREEN, HADDOCK, HILL-EVANS, KHAN, KUZMA, MERSKI,
        OTTEN, PIELLI, POWELL, SANCHEZ AND WAXMAN, FEBRUARY 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 20, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of July 28, 1988 (P.L.556, No.101), entitled
 2      "An act providing for planning for the processing and
 3      disposal of municipal waste; requiring counties to submit
 4      plans for municipal waste management systems within their
 5      boundaries; authorizing grants to counties and municipalities
 6      for planning, resource recovery and recycling; imposing and
 7      collecting fees; establishing certain rights for host
 8      municipalities; requiring municipalities to implement
 9      recycling programs; requiring Commonwealth agencies to
10      procure recycled materials; imposing duties; granting powers
11      to counties and municipalities; authorizing the Environmental
12      Quality Board to adopt regulations; authorizing the
13      Department of Environmental Resources to implement this act;
14      providing remedies; prescribing penalties; establishing a
15      fund; and making repeals," in recycling fee, further
16      providing for recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and
17      resource recovery facilities.
18      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19   hereby enacts as follows:
20      Section 1.    Section 701(a) of the act of July 28, 1988
21   (P.L.556, No.101), known as the Municipal Waste Planning,
22   Recycling and Waste Reduction Act, is amended to read:
23   Section 701.    Recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and
24               resource recovery facilities.
25      (a)   Imposition.--There is imposed a recycling fee of [$2] $5
1   per ton for all solid waste processed at resource recovery
2   facilities and for all solid waste except process residue and
3   nonprocessible waste from a resource recovery facility that is
4   disposed of at municipal waste landfills. Such fee shall be paid
5   by the operator of each municipal waste landfill and resource
6   recovery facility.
7      * * *
8      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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