Chapter 16 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 20 the following section:-

Section 20A. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

“Facility”, any structure, place, amenity, equipment, tool or operation built, installed or established for the purpose of performing, facilitating, aiding or otherwise engaging in regulated technologies.

“Person”, any natural person as well as any corporation, company, partnership, firm, society or association of persons.

“Recycling”, any process in which materials are collected, separated, or processed and returned to the marketplace in the form of raw materials to make new products. For the purposes of this section, “recycling” shall not include regulated technologies.

“Regulated technologies”, the use of plastic as a fuel or fuel substitute or the general use of plastic in energy production. For the purposes of this section, “regulated technologies” shall include, but not be limited to, gasification, pyrolysis, solvolysis, hydropyrolysis, methanolysis, enzymatic breakdown, combustion, or any other process used to transform plastic or plastic-derived materials into plastic monomers, chemicals, waxes, lubricants, chemical feedstocks, crude oil, diesel, gasoline, or home heating oil.

(b) A person shall not use, facilitate or otherwise deploy regulated technologies in the commonwealth.

(c) A person shall not build, construct, establish or operate any facilities that use regulated technologies in the commonwealth. The prohibition in this subsection shall apply to the modification or conversion of any existing non-covered facilities in the commonwealth into facilities that use regulated technologies.

(d) No person shall receive any state subsidies, grants, tax breaks or any other financial or non-financial incentives to support the development of facilities that use regulated technologies or programs focused on regulated technologies.

(e) The department may adopt rules and regulations to enforce and implement this section.