Oklahoma Passes Legislation Expanding Plastics Recycling Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation April 19 that provides a modernized regulatory framework for advanced recycling technology in the state.Known as SB 448, the goal of the new law is to reduce plastic waste, enhance opera- tional certainty and increase the adoption of advanced recy- cling technologies. The legislation expands existing waste management laws in the state to include an emphasis on plastics recycling. Oklahoma is the 11th state to pass advanced recycling leg- islation since 2017. It joins Florida,Wisconsin,Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee,Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia in recognizing that postuse plastics are not waste but a valu- able material for manufacturing. Legislative Support One of the bill’s main supporters is the Environmental Federation of Oklahoma (EFO), a nonprofit organization providing Oklahoma companies a voice in the formation of state and federal environmental policies. Officials believe that signing SB 448 into law moves Okla- homa closer to receiving economic and environmental ben- efits of advanced recycling manufacturing. For example, converting 25 percent of the recoverable plastics in the state into new products using advanced re- cycling, also known as chemical recycling, could generate nearly $152 million in estimated economic output annually, theACC said.Additionally, this law will help create new local demand for recycling programs and recycling centers that will turn postuse plastics currently destined for landfills into valuable new materials, according to the ACC. SB 448 helps move Oklahoma toward a circular economy, in which products are designed so that their lifecycle leads back to becoming raw material for new products.Advancing a circular economy will help bring about cleaner air and waterways, less pollution and waste and a healthier planet. Alpha Recycling Expands To Pennsylvania Bronx, New York-based Alpha Recycling Inc., which recy- cles catalytic converters and other scrap metals, has select- ed Pennsylvania for a new processing center.The new site in Stroudsburg Borough,Monroe County,will create 30 new, full-time jobs. Processing Scrap Alpha Recycling operates processing centers in Bronx and in Trenton, New Jersey. Alpha also purchases and process- es other scrap metals, such as rims, starters, alternators,AC compressors, batteries, aluminum and copper. Alpha Recycling received a funding proposal from the De- partment of Community and Economic Development (DCED) for the project.The proposal includes a $100,000 Pennsylva- nia First grant and $60,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits to be distributed upon creation of the new jobs.The company has committed to investing $4 million into the expansion.
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