Vetoed by Governor Jared Polis

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that requires municipal solid waste combustion facilities to be ineligible for state tax incentives, with some exceptions in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Establishes that state legislature finds that municipal solid waste combustion (Sec. 1):

• Generates hazardous waste and toxic pollutants, which affect the health of disproportionately impacted communities and low-income communities;

• Destroys valuable materials that could be recycled back into the supply chain;

• Perpetuates the extractive, polluting, linear economy by investing in infrastructure that needs to be continuously supplied with cardboard, paper, and plastics that could otherwise be reduced or recycled; and

• Is an expensive approach to waste management that relies on government investment of tax dollars or tax credits to build and maintain.

• Requires and mandates that municipal solid waste combustion facilities are ineligible for state tax incentives, with some exceptions (Sec. 1).

• Requires pyrolysis and gasification processes to be regulated at the state and local level as solid waste-to-energy incineration systems (Sec. 1).

• Defines “municipal solid waste” as solid waste from a household, community, commercial, or industrial source that does not contain hazardous waste (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires municipal solid waste combustion facilities be ineligible for state tax incentives, with some exceptions in Colorado.

Highlights:

• Establishes that state legislature finds that municipal solid waste combustion (Sec. 1):

• Generates hazardous waste and toxic pollutants, which affect the health of disproportionately impacted communities and low-income communities;

• Destroys valuable materials that could be recycled back into the supply chain;

• Perpetuates the extractive, polluting, linear economy by investing in infrastructure that needs to be continuously supplied with cardboard, paper, and plastics that could otherwise be reduced or recycled; and

• Is an expensive approach to waste management that relies on government investment of tax dollars or tax credits to build and maintain.

• Requires and mandates that municipal solid waste combustion facilities are ineligible for state tax incentives, with some exceptions (Sec. 1).

• Requires pyrolysis and gasification processes to be regulated at the state and local level as solid waste-to-energy incineration systems (Sec. 1).

• Defines “municipal solid waste” as solid waste from a household, community, commercial, or industrial source that does not contain hazardous waste (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 7).

Full Bill Text