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1 AN ACT concerning safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053)
7 Sec. 3. State agency materials recycling program.
8 (a) All State agencies and local governments shall
9 consider whether compost products can be used in the land
10 maintenance activity project when soliciting and reviewing
11 bids for land maintenance activity projects. If compost
12 products can be used in the project, the State agency or local
13 government must use compost products unless the compost
14 products: responsible for the maintenance of public lands in
15 the State shall, to the maximum extent feasible, use compost
16 materials in all land maintenance activities which are to be
17 paid with public funds.
18 (1) are not available within a reasonable period of
19 time;
20 (2) do not comply with existing purchasing standards;
21 or
22 (3) do not comply with federal or State health and
23 safety standards.
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1 Beginning January 1, 2024, the Department of
2 Transportation shall report each year to the General Assembly:
3 (i) the volume of compost used in State highway
4 construction projects;
5 (ii) the status of compost and compost-based products
6 used in State highway construction projects; and
7 (iii) recommendations to maximize the use of compost
8 as a recycled material in State highway construction
9 projects.
10 State agencies and local governments are encouraged to
11 give priority to purchasing compost products from companies
12 that produce compost products locally, are certified by a
13 nationally recognized organization, and produce compost
14 products that are derived from municipal solid waste compost
15 programs.
16 (a-5) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance
17 of public lands in the State shall review its procurement
18 specifications and policies to determine (1) if incorporating
19 compost materials will help reduce stormwater run-off and
20 increase infiltration of moisture in land maintenance
21 activities and (2) the current recycled content usage and
22 potential for additional recycled content usage by the Agency
23 in land maintenance activities and report to the General
24 Assembly by December 15, 2015.
25 (b) The Department of Central Management Services, in
26 coordination with the Agency, shall implement waste reduction
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1 programs, including source separation and collection, for
2 office wastepaper, corrugated containers, newsprint and mixed
3 paper, in all State buildings as appropriate and feasible.
4 Such waste reduction programs shall be designed to achieve
5 waste reductions of at least 25% of all such waste by December
6 31, 1995, and at least 50% of all such waste by December 31,
7 2000. Any source separation and collection program shall
8 include, at a minimum, procedures for collecting and storing
9 recyclable materials, bins or containers for storing
10 materials, and contractual or other arrangements with buyers
11 of recyclable materials. If market conditions so warrant, the
12 Department of Central Management Services, in coordination
13 with the Agency, may modify programs developed pursuant to
14 this Section.
15 The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
16 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) shall conduct
17 waste categorization studies of all State facilities for
18 calendar years 1991, 1995 and 2000. Such studies shall be
19 designed to assist the Department of Central Management
20 Services to achieve the waste reduction goals established in
21 this subsection.
22 (c) Each State agency shall, upon consultation with the
23 Agency, periodically review its procurement procedures and
24 specifications related to the purchase of products or
25 supplies. Such procedures and specifications shall be modified
26 as necessary to require the procuring agency to seek out
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1 products and supplies that contain recycled materials, and to
2 ensure that purchased products or supplies are reusable,
3 durable or made from recycled materials whenever economically
4 and practically feasible. In choosing among products or
5 supplies that contain recycled material, consideration shall
6 be given to products and supplies with the highest recycled
7 material content that is consistent with the effective and
8 efficient use of the product or supply.
9 (d) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
10 Department of Central Management Services shall procure
11 recycled paper and paper products as follows:
12 (1) Beginning July 1, 1989, at least 10% of the total
13 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
14 Department of Central Management Services shall be
15 recycled paper and paper products.
16 (2) Beginning July 1, 1992, at least 25% of the total
17 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
18 Department of Central Management Services shall be
19 recycled paper and paper products.
20 (3) Beginning July 1, 1996, at least 40% of the total
21 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
22 Department of Central Management Services shall be
23 recycled paper and paper products.
24 (4) Beginning July 1, 2000, at least 50% of the total
25 dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
26 Department of Central Management Services shall be
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1 recycled paper and paper products.
2 (e) Paper and paper products purchased from private
3 vendors pursuant to printing contracts are not considered
4 paper products for the purposes of subsection (d). However,
5 the Department of Central Management Services shall report to
6 the General Assembly on an annual basis the total dollar value
7 of printing contracts awarded to private sector vendors that
8 included the use of recycled paper.
9 (f)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible,
10 the recycled paper and paper products referred to in
11 subsection (d) shall contain postconsumer or recovered
12 paper materials as specified by paper category in this
13 subsection:
14 (i) Recycled high grade printing and writing paper
15 shall contain at least 50% recovered paper material.
16 Such recovered paper material, until July 1, 1994,
17 shall consist of at least 20% deinked stock or
18 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1994,
19 shall consist of at least 25% deinked stock or
20 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
21 shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or
22 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998,
23 shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock or
24 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
25 shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or
26 postconsumer material.
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1 (ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 1994,
2 shall contain at least 25% postconsumer material; and
3 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 30%
4 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
5 shall contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and
6 beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 40%
7 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
8 shall contain at least 45% postconsumer material.
9 (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994,
10 shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material; and
11 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 50%
12 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
13 shall contain at least 60% postconsumer material; and
14 beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 70%
15 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
16 shall contain at least 80% postconsumer material.
17 (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1,
18 1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer
19 material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at
20 least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
21 1996, shall contain at least 45% postconsumer
22 material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at
23 least 50% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
24 2000, shall contain at least 55% postconsumer
25 material.
26 (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall
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1 contain at least 80% postconsumer material; and
2 beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 85%
3 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
4 shall contain at least 90% postconsumer material; and
5 beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 95%
6 postconsumer material.
7 (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer
8 material" includes:
9 (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from
10 retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so forth,
11 after the waste has passed through its end usage as a
12 consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old
13 newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and
14 used cordage; and
15 (ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes
16 that are diverted or separated from the municipal
17 solid waste stream.
18 (3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered paper
19 material" includes:
20 (i) postconsumer material;
21 (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated
22 after completion of the papermaking process (that is,
23 those manufacturing operations up to and including the
24 cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into
25 smaller rolls or rough sheets), including envelope
26 cuttings, bindery trimmings, and other paper and
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1 paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting,
2 forming, and other converting operations, or from bag,
3 box and carton manufacturing, and butt rolls, mill
4 wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
5 (iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete
6 inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers,
7 merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters,
8 or others.
9 (g) The Department of Central Management Services may
10 adopt regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of
11 this Section.
12 (h) Every State agency shall, in its procurement
13 documents, specify that, whenever economically and practically
14 feasible, a product to be procured must consist, wholly or in
15 part, of recycled materials, or be recyclable or reusable in
16 whole or in part. When applicable, if state guidelines are not
17 already prescribed, State agencies shall follow USEPA
18 guidelines for federal procurement.
19 (i) All State agencies shall cooperate with the Department
20 of Central Management Services in carrying out this Section.
21 The Department of Central Management Services may enter into
22 cooperative purchasing agreements with other governmental
23 units in order to obtain volume discounts, or for other
24 reasons in accordance with the Governmental Joint Purchasing
25 Act, or in accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation
26 Act if governmental units of other states or the federal
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1 government are involved.
2 (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall
3 submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning its
4 implementation of the State's collection and recycled paper
5 procurement programs. This report shall include a description
6 of the actions that the Department of Central Management
7 Services has taken in the previous fiscal year to implement
8 this Section. This report shall be submitted on or before
9 November 1 of each year.
10 (k) The Department of Central Management Services, in
11 cooperation with all other appropriate departments and
12 agencies of the State, shall institute whenever economically
13 and practically feasible the use of re-refined motor oil in
14 all State-owned motor vehicles and the use of remanufactured
15 and retread tires whenever such use is practical, beginning no
16 later than July 1, 1992.
17 (l) (Blank).
18 (m) The Department of Central Management Services, in
19 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community
20 Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity),
21 has implemented an aluminum can recycling program in all State
22 buildings within 270 days of the effective date of this
23 amendatory Act of 1997. The program provides for (1) the
24 collection and storage of used aluminum cans in bins or other
25 appropriate containers made reasonably available to occupants
26 and visitors of State buildings and (2) the sale of used
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1 aluminum cans to buyers of recyclable materials.
2 Proceeds from the sale of used aluminum cans shall be
3 deposited into I-CYCLE accounts maintained in the Facilities
4 Management Revolving Fund and, subject to appropriation, shall
5 be used by the Department of Central Management Services and
6 any other State agency to offset the costs of implementing the
7 aluminum can recycling program under this Section.
8 All State agencies having an aluminum can recycling
9 program in place shall continue with their current plan. If a
10 State agency has an existing recycling program in place,
11 proceeds from the aluminum can recycling program may be
12 retained and distributed pursuant to that program, otherwise
13 all revenue resulting from these programs shall be forwarded
14 to Central Management Services, I-CYCLE for placement into the
15 appropriate account within the Facilities Management Revolving
16 Fund, minus any operating costs associated with the program.
17 (Source: P.A. 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-444, eff. 8-20-21.)
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