Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2569 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/22/2023

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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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