MAINE MORNING STAR • February 15, 2024
Hoping to set up strong regulations around an emerging solid waste treatment process after health and safety concerns were raised in other states, both chambers of the Maine Legislature backed a bill to define and regulate so-called “advanced recycling” facilities. On Thursday, the House passed the measure on a party-line vote, 76-56. During debate in the Senate last week, where it passed 21-13, sponsor Sen. Anne Carney (D-Cumberland) explained that actual plastic-to-plastic recycling, where plastic waste is used to create new material that can be used in place of raw material, is still allowed.