To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide that solid waste shall not include certain recovered materials and recovered resources, and for other purposes.

H.R. 9293 is legislation introduced in the House that amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to narrow what counts as “solid waste.” It adds certain non-hazardous secondary materials, recovered materials, and recovered resources to the list of items that do not count as solid waste when they meet specific federal rules. The bill also covers materials used as ingredients or fuel in cement or clinker manufacturing, as long as they meet legitimacy criteria (rules that show the material is being used as a real product, not dumped as waste) under 40 C.F.R. part 241. This matters to everyday people because it could change how cement makers use recycled materials and how those materials move through the waste and manufacturing system.