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| 4 | - | AN ACT concerning safety. | |
| 5 | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 6 | - | represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 7 | - | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |
| 8 | - | Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act. | |
| 9 | - | Section 5. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly | |
| 10 | - | finds that: | |
| 11 | - | (1) Recycling rates have been stagnant in Illinois for | |
| 12 | - | over 15 years. Many Illinois counties continue to fall short | |
| 13 | - | of the long-standing recycling goal of 25% established in 1988 | |
| 14 | - | in the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. | |
| 15 | - | (2) In Illinois, more than 40% (over 7,000,000 tons per | |
| 16 | - | year) of municipal solid waste disposed of in landfills is | |
| 17 | - | comprised of packaging and paper products. Of this amount, | |
| 18 | - | nearly 80% consists of materials commonly collected in | |
| 19 | - | curbside recycling programs in areas of the State with mature | |
| 20 | - | recycling programs. The remainder includes packaging products | |
| 21 | - | such as polystyrene, #3-#7 plastics, plastic bags, flexible | |
| 22 | - | pouches, and other plastic films which are not currently | |
| 23 | - | acceptable in curbside recycling and for which limited | |
| 24 | - | drop-off recycling options exist. | |
| 25 | - | (3) Consumers have limited sustainable purchasing choices. | |
| 26 | - | Illinois residents are generating packaging and paper waste | |
| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning safety. | |
| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |
| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: | |
| 6 | + | 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |
| 7 | + | 5 Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act. | |
| 8 | + | 6 Section 5. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly | |
| 9 | + | 7 finds that: | |
| 10 | + | 8 (1) Recycling rates have been stagnant in Illinois for | |
| 11 | + | 9 over 15 years. Many Illinois counties continue to fall short | |
| 12 | + | 10 of the long-standing recycling goal of 25% established in 1988 | |
| 13 | + | 11 in the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. | |
| 14 | + | 12 (2) In Illinois, more than 40% (over 7,000,000 tons per | |
| 15 | + | 13 year) of municipal solid waste disposed of in landfills is | |
| 16 | + | 14 comprised of packaging and paper products. Of this amount, | |
| 17 | + | 15 nearly 80% consists of materials commonly collected in | |
| 18 | + | 16 curbside recycling programs in areas of the State with mature | |
| 19 | + | 17 recycling programs. The remainder includes packaging products | |
| 20 | + | 18 such as polystyrene, #3-#7 plastics, plastic bags, flexible | |
| 21 | + | 19 pouches, and other plastic films which are not currently | |
| 22 | + | 20 acceptable in curbside recycling and for which limited | |
| 23 | + | 21 drop-off recycling options exist. | |
| 24 | + | 22 (3) Consumers have limited sustainable purchasing choices. | |
| 25 | + | 23 Illinois residents are generating packaging and paper waste | |
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| 33 | - | that is beyond their ability to reuse or recycle. Consumers | |
| 34 | - | are also given confusing, inconsistent messages through | |
| 35 | - | various means about which materials can be recycled, and thus | |
| 36 | - | inadvertently create contamination in recycling streams. There | |
| 37 | - | is widespread recycling fatigue and public skepticism about | |
| 38 | - | the efficacy of recycling in Illinois. | |
| 39 | - | (4) Volatility in global recycling markets due to import | |
| 40 | - | restrictions such as the China National Sword policy, as well | |
| 41 | - | as impacts on supply chains and material demand due to the | |
| 42 | - | COVID-19 pandemic, have further challenged markets for | |
| 43 | - | recycled materials and destabilized the recycling system in | |
| 44 | - | the State. | |
| 45 | - | (5) Significant and increasing quantities of plastics and | |
| 46 | - | packaging materials are seen in the environment, including in | |
| 47 | - | Illinois rivers, lakes, and streams. This pollution impacts | |
| 48 | - | the drinking water, wildlife, and recreational value of vital | |
| 49 | - | natural resources. | |
| 50 | - | (6) Consumer brands are solely responsible for choices | |
| 51 | - | about the types and amounts of packaging used to package | |
| 52 | - | products. Units of local government and residents have borne | |
| 53 | - | the costs of managing increasingly complex materials even | |
| 54 | - | though they have no input in designing or bringing these | |
| 55 | - | materials to market. | |
| 56 | - | (7) Units of local government are expected to fund | |
| 57 | - | collection and processing costs for an increasing volume of | |
| 58 | - | packaging and paper products, and the cost of recycling | |
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| 34 | + | 1 that is beyond their ability to reuse or recycle. Consumers | |
| 35 | + | 2 are also given confusing, inconsistent messages through | |
| 36 | + | 3 various means about which materials can be recycled, and thus | |
| 37 | + | 4 inadvertently create contamination in recycling streams. There | |
| 38 | + | 5 is widespread recycling fatigue and public skepticism about | |
| 39 | + | 6 the efficacy of recycling in Illinois. | |
| 40 | + | 7 (4) Volatility in global recycling markets due to import | |
| 41 | + | 8 restrictions such as the China National Sword policy, as well | |
| 42 | + | 9 as impacts on supply chains and material demand due to the | |
| 43 | + | 10 COVID-19 pandemic, have further challenged markets for | |
| 44 | + | 11 recycled materials and destabilized the recycling system in | |
| 45 | + | 12 the State. | |
| 46 | + | 13 (5) Significant and increasing quantities of plastics and | |
| 47 | + | 14 packaging materials are seen in the environment, including in | |
| 48 | + | 15 Illinois rivers, lakes, and streams. This pollution impacts | |
| 49 | + | 16 the drinking water, wildlife, and recreational value of vital | |
| 50 | + | 17 natural resources. | |
| 51 | + | 18 (6) Consumer brands are solely responsible for choices | |
| 52 | + | 19 about the types and amounts of packaging used to package | |
| 53 | + | 20 products. Units of local government and residents have borne | |
| 54 | + | 21 the costs of managing increasingly complex materials even | |
| 55 | + | 22 though they have no input in designing or bringing these | |
| 56 | + | 23 materials to market. | |
| 57 | + | 24 (7) Units of local government are expected to fund | |
| 58 | + | 25 collection and processing costs for an increasing volume of | |
| 59 | + | 26 packaging and paper products, and the cost of recycling | |
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| 61 | - | programs continues to rise with the complexity of the material | |
| 62 | - | stream that material recycling facilities are required to | |
| 63 | - | manage. Furthermore, many multifamily residences and rural | |
| 64 | - | areas of the State do not have access to adequate recycling | |
| 65 | - | opportunities. | |
| 66 | - | (8) As materials continue to be landfilled and littered, | |
| 67 | - | lower-income and rural communities across the State bear | |
| 68 | - | environmental, health, and economic consequences. | |
| 69 | - | (9) By failing to reuse or recycle packaging and paper | |
| 70 | - | products, Illinois loses economic value and green sector jobs. | |
| 71 | - | Establishing postconsumer recycled content requirements for | |
| 72 | - | rigid plastics will increase markets for this increasingly | |
| 73 | - | common packaging material, reduce demand for natural | |
| 74 | - | resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | |
| 75 | - | (10) An assessment of current recycling and materials | |
| 76 | - | management practices in the State, including evaluation of | |
| 77 | - | collections, access to service, capacity, costs, gaps, and | |
| 78 | - | needs associated with diverting packaging and paper products | |
| 79 | - | from disposal, will provide needed information on current | |
| 80 | - | conditions and support identification of future needs to | |
| 81 | - | manage packaging and paper products in a sustainable, | |
| 82 | - | environmentally protective, and cost-effective manner. | |
| 83 | - | (11) The Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment will provide | |
| 84 | - | data to facilitate future consideration of product stewardship | |
| 85 | - | legislation for packaging and paper products. | |
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| 87 | 63 | ||
| 88 | - | Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | |
| 89 | - | "Advisory Council" means the Statewide Recycling Needs | |
| 90 | - | Assessment Advisory Council established under Section 20. | |
| 91 | - | "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. | |
| 92 | - | "Compost" has the meaning given to that term in Section | |
| 93 | - | 3.150 of the Environmental Protection Act. | |
| 94 | - | "Compostable material" means a material that is designed | |
| 95 | - | to contact, contain, or carry a product that can be collected | |
| 96 | - | for composting and that is capable of undergoing aerobic | |
| 97 | - | biological decomposition in a controlled composting system as | |
| 98 | - | demonstrated by meeting ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868, or any | |
| 99 | - | successor standards. | |
| 100 | - | "Composting rate" means the percentage of discarded | |
| 101 | - | materials that are managed through composting. A composting | |
| 102 | - | rate is calculated by dividing the total weight of all | |
| 103 | - | packaging and paper products that are collected for composting | |
| 104 | - | by the total weight of all packaging and paper products sold, | |
| 105 | - | distributed, or served to consumers in the State during the | |
| 106 | - | study period. | |
| 107 | - | "Covered entity" means a person or entity responsible for: | |
| 108 | - | (1) a single or multifamily residence, either | |
| 109 | - | individually or jointly through a unit of local | |
| 110 | - | government; | |
| 111 | - | (2) a public or private school for grades kindergarten | |
| 112 | - | through 12th grade; | |
| 113 | - | (3) a State or local government facility; or | |
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| 116 | - | (4) a public space, including, but not limited to, | |
| 117 | - | public spaces, such as parks, trails, transit stations, | |
| 118 | - | and pedestrian areas for which the State or a unit of local | |
| 119 | - | government is responsible. | |
| 120 | - | "Curbside recycling" means the collection of recyclable | |
| 121 | - | materials from covered entities at the site where the | |
| 122 | - | recyclable materials are generated. | |
| 123 | - | "Director" means the Director of the Agency. | |
| 124 | - | "Drop-off recycling" means the collection of recyclable | |
| 125 | - | material from covered entities at one or more centralized | |
| 126 | - | sites. | |
| 127 | - | "Environmental justice community" means environmental | |
| 128 | - | justice community as defined by the Illinois Solar for All | |
| 129 | - | Program, as that definition is updated from time to time by the | |
| 130 | - | Illinois Power Agency and the Administrator of the Illinois | |
| 131 | - | Solar for All Program. | |
| 132 | - | "Hauler" means a person who collects recyclable or | |
| 133 | - | compostable materials and transports them to an MRF or compost | |
| 134 | - | facility, or to an intermediate facility from which materials | |
| 135 | - | are then transported to an MRF or compost facility. | |
| 136 | - | "Material recovery facility" or "MRF" means a facility | |
| 137 | - | where recyclable materials collected via curbside recycling or | |
| 138 | - | drop-off recycling are consolidated and sorted for return to | |
| 139 | - | the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials. | |
| 140 | - | "Packaging" means a discrete material or category of | |
| 141 | - | material, regardless of recyclability. "Packaging" includes, | |
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| 70 | + | 1 programs continues to rise with the complexity of the material | |
| 71 | + | 2 stream that material recycling facilities are required to | |
| 72 | + | 3 manage. Furthermore, many multifamily residences and rural | |
| 73 | + | 4 areas of the State do not have access to adequate recycling | |
| 74 | + | 5 opportunities. | |
| 75 | + | 6 (8) As materials continue to be landfilled and littered, | |
| 76 | + | 7 lower-income and rural communities across the State bear | |
| 77 | + | 8 environmental, health, and economic consequences. | |
| 78 | + | 9 (9) By failing to reuse or recycle packaging and paper | |
| 79 | + | 10 products, Illinois loses economic value and green sector jobs. | |
| 80 | + | 11 Establishing postconsumer recycled content requirements for | |
| 81 | + | 12 rigid plastics will increase markets for this increasingly | |
| 82 | + | 13 common packaging material, reduce demand for natural | |
| 83 | + | 14 resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | |
| 84 | + | 15 (10) An assessment of current recycling and materials | |
| 85 | + | 16 management practices in the State, including evaluation of | |
| 86 | + | 17 collections, access to service, capacity, costs, gaps, and | |
| 87 | + | 18 needs associated with diverting packaging and paper products | |
| 88 | + | 19 from disposal, will provide needed information on current | |
| 89 | + | 20 conditions and support identification of future needs to | |
| 90 | + | 21 manage packaging and paper products in a sustainable, | |
| 91 | + | 22 environmentally protective, and cost-effective manner. | |
| 92 | + | 23 (11) The Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment will provide | |
| 93 | + | 24 data to facilitate future consideration of product stewardship | |
| 94 | + | 25 legislation for packaging and paper products. | |
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| 144 | - | but is not limited to, a material type, such as paper, plastic, | |
| 145 | - | glass, metal, or multi-material, that is: | |
| 146 | - | (1) used to protect, contain, transport, or serve a | |
| 147 | - | product; | |
| 148 | - | (2) sold or supplied to consumers expressly for the | |
| 149 | - | purpose of protecting, containing, transporting, or | |
| 150 | - | serving products; | |
| 151 | - | (3) attached to a product or its container for the | |
| 152 | - | purpose of marketing or communicating information about | |
| 153 | - | the product; | |
| 154 | - | (4) supplied at the point of sale to facilitate the | |
| 155 | - | delivery of the product; or | |
| 156 | - | (5) supplied to or purchased by consumers expressly | |
| 157 | - | for the purpose of facilitating food or beverage | |
| 158 | - | consumption and ordinarily disposed of after a single use | |
| 159 | - | or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused. | |
| 160 | - | "Packaging" does not include: | |
| 161 | - | (1) a medical device or packaging that is included | |
| 162 | - | with products regulated: | |
| 163 | - | (A) as a drug, medical device, or dietary | |
| 164 | - | supplement by the United States Food and Drug | |
| 165 | - | Administration under the Federal Food, Drug, and | |
| 166 | - | Cosmetic Act; | |
| 167 | - | (B) as a combination product as defined under 21 | |
| 168 | - | CFR 3.2(e); or | |
| 169 | - | (C) under the federal Dietary Supplement Health | |
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| 172 | - | and Education Act of 1994; | |
| 173 | - | (2) animal biologics, including, but not limited to, | |
| 174 | - | vaccines, bacterins, antisera, diagnostic kits, other | |
| 175 | - | products of biological origin, and other packaging and | |
| 176 | - | paper products regulated by the United States Department | |
| 177 | - | of Agriculture under the federal Virus, Serum, Toxin Act; | |
| 178 | - | (3) packaging regulated under the Federal Insecticide, | |
| 179 | - | Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or another applicable | |
| 180 | - | federal law, rule, or regulation; and | |
| 181 | - | (4) beverage containers subject to a returnable | |
| 182 | - | container deposit, if applicable. | |
| 183 | - | "Paper product" means: | |
| 184 | - | (1) paper that can or has been printed on to create | |
| 185 | - | flyers, brochures, booklets, catalogs, greeting cards, | |
| 186 | - | telephone directories, newspapers, magazines; and | |
| 187 | - | (2) paper used for copying, writing, or any other | |
| 188 | - | general use. | |
| 189 | - | "Paper product" does not include: | |
| 190 | - | (1) paper that, by virtue of its anticipated use, | |
| 191 | - | could become unsafe or unsanitary to recycle; or | |
| 192 | - | (2) any form of bound book, including, but not limited | |
| 193 | - | to, bound books for literary, textual, or reference | |
| 194 | - | purposes. | |
| 195 | - | "Person" means any individual, partnership, copartnership, | |
| 196 | - | firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, | |
| 197 | - | association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, political | |
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| 200 | - | subdivision, State agency, any other legal entity, or their | |
| 201 | - | legal representative, agent, or assign. | |
| 202 | - | "Postconsumer material" means packaging or paper products | |
| 203 | - | that have served their intended end use as consumer items. | |
| 204 | - | "Postconsumer material" does not include a by-product or waste | |
| 205 | - | material generated during or after the completion of a | |
| 206 | - | manufacturing or converting process. | |
| 207 | - | "Postconsumer recycled content" means the portion of an | |
| 208 | - | item of packaging or paper product made from postconsumer | |
| 209 | - | material that has been recycled. | |
| 210 | - | "Recycling" has the meaning given to "recycling, | |
| 211 | - | reclamation or reuse" in Section 3.380 of the Environmental | |
| 212 | - | Protection Act. "Recycling" does not include landfill disposal | |
| 213 | - | of packaging or paper products or the residue resulting from | |
| 214 | - | the processing of packaging or paper products at an MRF, use as | |
| 215 | - | alternative daily cover or any other beneficial use at a | |
| 216 | - | landfill, incineration, energy recovery, or energy generation | |
| 217 | - | by means of combustion, or final conversion of packaging and | |
| 218 | - | paper products or their components and by-products to a fuel. | |
| 219 | - | "Recycling rate" means the percentage of packaging and | |
| 220 | - | paper products returned to the economic mainstream in the form | |
| 221 | - | of raw materials or products rather than being disposed of or | |
| 222 | - | discarded. The recycling rate is calculated by dividing the | |
| 223 | - | total weight of packaging and paper products that are | |
| 224 | - | collected for recycling by the total weight of packaging and | |
| 225 | - | paper products sold, distributed, or served to consumers in | |
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| 105 | + | 1 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: | |
| 106 | + | 2 "Advisory Council" means the Statewide Recycling Needs | |
| 107 | + | 3 Assessment Advisory Council established under Section 20. | |
| 108 | + | 4 "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. | |
| 109 | + | 5 "Compost" has the meaning given to that term in Section | |
| 110 | + | 6 3.150 of the Environmental Protection Act. | |
| 111 | + | 7 "Compostable material" means a material that is designed | |
| 112 | + | 8 to contact, contain, or carry a product that can be collected | |
| 113 | + | 9 for composting and that is capable of undergoing aerobic | |
| 114 | + | 10 biological decomposition in a controlled composting system as | |
| 115 | + | 11 demonstrated by meeting ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868, or any | |
| 116 | + | 12 successor standards. | |
| 117 | + | 13 "Composting rate" means the percentage of discarded | |
| 118 | + | 14 materials that are managed through composting. A composting | |
| 119 | + | 15 rate is calculated by dividing the total weight of all | |
| 120 | + | 16 packaging and paper products that are collected for composting | |
| 121 | + | 17 by the total weight of all packaging and paper products sold, | |
| 122 | + | 18 distributed, or served to consumers in the State during the | |
| 123 | + | 19 study period. | |
| 124 | + | 20 "Covered entity" means a person or entity responsible for: | |
| 125 | + | 21 (1) a single or multifamily residence, either | |
| 126 | + | 22 individually or jointly through a unit of local | |
| 127 | + | 23 government; | |
| 128 | + | 24 (2) a public or private school for grades kindergarten | |
| 129 | + | 25 through 12th grade; | |
| 130 | + | 26 (3) a State or local government facility; or | |
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| 228 | - | the State during the study period, not including the residue | |
| 229 | - | that is landfilled after processing by an MRF. | |
| 230 | - | "Reusable" means: | |
| 231 | - | (1) designed to be refilled or used repeatedly for its | |
| 232 | - | original intended purpose and is returnable; | |
| 233 | - | (2) safe for washing and sanitizing according to | |
| 234 | - | applicable State food safety laws; and | |
| 235 | - | (3) with the exception of ceramic products, capable of | |
| 236 | - | being recycled at the end of use. | |
| 237 | - | "Reuse" means the return of packaging to the economic | |
| 238 | - | stream for use in the same kind of application intended for the | |
| 239 | - | original packaging without effectuating a change in the | |
| 240 | - | original composition of the package, the identity of the | |
| 241 | - | product, or the components thereof. | |
| 242 | - | "Rigid plastic" means packaging made of plastic that has a | |
| 243 | - | relatively inflexible finite shape or form and is capable of | |
| 244 | - | maintaining its shape while empty or while holding other | |
| 245 | - | products. | |
| 246 | - | "Service provider" means a hauler, an MRF, or a composting | |
| 247 | - | facility. | |
| 248 | - | "Single-use packaging or product" means a packaging or | |
| 249 | - | product that is supplied to or purchased by consumers | |
| 250 | - | expressly for the purpose of facilitating food or beverage | |
| 251 | - | consumption and that is ordinarily disposed of after a single | |
| 252 | - | use or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused. | |
| 253 | - | "Study period" means the period represented by the data | |
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| 256 | - | compiled and analyzed in the completion of the Statewide | |
| 257 | - | Recycling Needs Assessment. The study period shall be a | |
| 258 | - | minimum of a one-year calendar period not earlier than 2022 | |
| 259 | - | and shall be clearly defined in the scope of work. If more than | |
| 260 | - | one year of data is used, data shall be presented on an annual | |
| 261 | - | basis. | |
| 262 | - | Section 15. Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory | |
| 263 | - | Council. | |
| 264 | - | (a) The Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory | |
| 265 | - | Council shall be appointed by the Agency. On or before January | |
| 266 | - | 1, 2024, the Director shall appoint members to the Advisory | |
| 267 | - | Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency in | |
| 268 | - | the drafting, amendment, and finalization of the Statewide | |
| 269 | - | Recycling Needs Assessment. | |
| 270 | - | (b) In appointing members to the Advisory Council under | |
| 271 | - | subsection (a), the Director shall consider representatives | |
| 272 | - | from all geographic regions of the State, all sizes of | |
| 273 | - | communities in the State, all supply chain participants in the | |
| 274 | - | recycling system, and the racial and gender diversity of this | |
| 275 | - | State. | |
| 276 | - | (c) Members of the Advisory Council shall include, but | |
| 277 | - | shall not be limited to, the following voting members: | |
| 278 | - | (1) four individuals representing material recovery | |
| 279 | - | facilities in the State, no more than 2 of whom shall | |
| 280 | - | represent an MRF that accepts recyclables from Cook County | |
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| 283 | - | or the collar counties; | |
| 284 | - | (2) four individuals representing haulers, one of whom | |
| 285 | - | shall represent a statewide organization representing | |
| 286 | - | haulers, one of whom shall represent a publicly traded | |
| 287 | - | hauler, one of whom shall represent a privately owned | |
| 288 | - | hauler, and one of whom shall operate a recycling drop-off | |
| 289 | - | facility; | |
| 290 | - | (3) one individual representing compost collection and | |
| 291 | - | processing facilities; | |
| 292 | - | (4) eight individuals representing rural and urban | |
| 293 | - | units of local government, one of whom shall represent a | |
| 294 | - | county with a population of less than 50,000, one of whom | |
| 295 | - | shall represent a county with a population of more than | |
| 296 | - | 50,000 and less than 1,000,000, one of whom shall | |
| 297 | - | represent a county with a population of more than | |
| 298 | - | 1,000,000, two of whom shall represent municipalities with | |
| 299 | - | a population of less than 1,000,000, one of whom shall | |
| 300 | - | represent a statewide organization of municipalities as | |
| 301 | - | authorized by Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois Municipal | |
| 302 | - | Code, one of whom shall represent a municipal joint action | |
| 303 | - | agency, and one of whom shall represent a municipality | |
| 304 | - | with a population of 1,000,000 or more; | |
| 305 | - | (5) two individuals representing retailers, one of | |
| 306 | - | whom shall represent a statewide association of retailers; | |
| 307 | - | (6) two individuals representing environmental | |
| 308 | - | organizations; | |
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| 141 | + | 1 (4) a public space, including, but not limited to, | |
| 142 | + | 2 public spaces, such as parks, trails, transit stations, | |
| 143 | + | 3 and pedestrian areas for which the State or a unit of local | |
| 144 | + | 4 government is responsible. | |
| 145 | + | 5 "Curbside recycling" means the collection of recyclable | |
| 146 | + | 6 materials from covered entities at the site where the | |
| 147 | + | 7 recyclable materials are generated. | |
| 148 | + | 8 "Director" means the Director of the Agency. | |
| 149 | + | 9 "Drop-off recycling" means the collection of recyclable | |
| 150 | + | 10 material from covered entities at one or more centralized | |
| 151 | + | 11 sites. | |
| 152 | + | 12 "Environmental justice community" means environmental | |
| 153 | + | 13 justice community as defined by the Illinois Solar for All | |
| 154 | + | 14 Program, as that definition is updated from time to time by the | |
| 155 | + | 15 Illinois Power Agency and the Administrator of the Illinois | |
| 156 | + | 16 Solar for All Program. | |
| 157 | + | 17 "Hauler" means a person who collects recyclable or | |
| 158 | + | 18 compostable materials and transports them to an MRF or compost | |
| 159 | + | 19 facility, or to an intermediate facility from which materials | |
| 160 | + | 20 are then transported to an MRF or compost facility. | |
| 161 | + | 21 "Material recovery facility" or "MRF" means a facility | |
| 162 | + | 22 where recyclable materials collected via curbside recycling or | |
| 163 | + | 23 drop-off recycling are consolidated and sorted for return to | |
| 164 | + | 24 the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials. | |
| 165 | + | 25 "Packaging" means a discrete material or category of | |
| 166 | + | 26 material, regardless of recyclability. "Packaging" includes, | |
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| 311 | - | (7) two individuals representing environmental justice | |
| 312 | - | advocacy organizations or environmental justice | |
| 313 | - | communities; | |
| 314 | - | (8) one individual representing a statewide | |
| 315 | - | manufacturing association; | |
| 316 | - | (9) one individual representing manufacturers of | |
| 317 | - | products containing postconsumer material, or one or more | |
| 318 | - | associations of such manufacturers; | |
| 319 | - | (10) one individual representing manufacturers of | |
| 320 | - | packaging and paper products utilizing virgin materials, | |
| 321 | - | or one or more associations of suppliers of substrates of | |
| 322 | - | packaging and paper products; and | |
| 323 | - | (11) four individuals representing producers of | |
| 324 | - | consumer products. | |
| 325 | - | (d) An individual may be appointed to only one position on | |
| 326 | - | the Advisory Council. Upon completion of the duties of the | |
| 327 | - | Advisory Council, appointments to the Advisory Council shall | |
| 328 | - | be terminated and the Advisory Council shall be dissolved. | |
| 329 | - | (e) The duties of the Advisory Council are as follows: | |
| 330 | - | (1) to provide guidance on the scope of work for the | |
| 331 | - | Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment required under | |
| 332 | - | Section 25; | |
| 333 | - | (2) to assist in the provision of data required to | |
| 334 | - | complete the needs assessment; | |
| 335 | - | (3) to review and comment on the needs assessment | |
| 336 | - | prior to completion; | |
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| 339 | - | (4) to review packaging and paper products legislation | |
| 340 | - | enacted in other states, including identifying the main | |
| 341 | - | components of the legislation, its implementation steps, | |
| 342 | - | and its implementation status; | |
| 343 | - | (5) to evaluate and make recommendations, including | |
| 344 | - | legislative recommendations, on how to effectively | |
| 345 | - | establish and implement a producer responsibility program | |
| 346 | - | in the State for packaging and paper products, including | |
| 347 | - | recommendations regarding the responsibilities of | |
| 348 | - | producers under a producer responsibility program; and | |
| 349 | - | (6) on or before December 1, 2026, to prepare and | |
| 350 | - | submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the | |
| 351 | - | General Assembly and the Governor, which shall include an | |
| 352 | - | opportunity for a minority report. | |
| 353 | - | (f) The Advisory Council: | |
| 354 | - | (1) shall meet at the call of the Chair, except for the | |
| 355 | - | first meeting, which shall be called by the Director; | |
| 356 | - | (2) shall meet at least quarterly or as determined by | |
| 357 | - | the Advisory Council Chair; | |
| 358 | - | (3) shall elect a Chair from among Advisory Council | |
| 359 | - | members by a simple majority vote; | |
| 360 | - | (4) may adopt bylaws and a charter for the operation | |
| 361 | - | of its business for the purposes of this Act; and | |
| 362 | - | (5) shall be provided administrative support by the | |
| 363 | - | Agency and Agency staff. | |
| 364 | - | (g) The Agency may select and hire a third-party | |
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| 367 | - | facilitator for the Advisory Council. | |
| 368 | - | Section 20. Statewide needs assessment. | |
| 369 | - | (a) The Agency shall issue a competitive solicitation in | |
| 370 | - | accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code to select a | |
| 371 | - | qualified consultant to conduct a statewide needs assessment | |
| 372 | - | to assess recycling, composting, and reuse conditions in the | |
| 373 | - | State for packaging and paper products, including identifying | |
| 374 | - | current conditions and an evaluation of the capacity, costs, | |
| 375 | - | gaps, and needs associated with recycling and the diversion of | |
| 376 | - | packaging and paper products. The Agency shall select the | |
| 377 | - | consultant on or before July 1, 2024. The needs assessment | |
| 378 | - | shall be funded by an appropriation from the Agency's Solid | |
| 379 | - | Waste Management Fund or other appropriated funding. | |
| 380 | - | (b) All packaging and paper products sold, offered for | |
| 381 | - | sale, distributed, or imported into the State shall be | |
| 382 | - | included in the needs assessment. | |
| 383 | - | (c) The needs assessment shall address, at a minimum, the | |
| 384 | - | following factors for covered entities: | |
| 385 | - | (1) the quantity, by weight and type, of packaging and | |
| 386 | - | paper products sold, offered for sale, distributed, or | |
| 387 | - | served to consumers in the State by material type and | |
| 388 | - | format; | |
| 389 | - | (2) current collection systems for packaging and paper | |
| 390 | - | products in the State, including for reuse, recycling, | |
| 391 | - | composting, and disposal; | |
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| 177 | + | 1 but is not limited to, a material type, such as paper, plastic, | |
| 178 | + | 2 glass, metal, or multi-material, that is: | |
| 179 | + | 3 (1) used to protect, contain, transport, or serve a | |
| 180 | + | 4 product; | |
| 181 | + | 5 (2) sold or supplied to consumers expressly for the | |
| 182 | + | 6 purpose of protecting, containing, transporting, or | |
| 183 | + | 7 serving products; | |
| 184 | + | 8 (3) attached to a product or its container for the | |
| 185 | + | 9 purpose of marketing or communicating information about | |
| 186 | + | 10 the product; | |
| 187 | + | 11 (4) supplied at the point of sale to facilitate the | |
| 188 | + | 12 delivery of the product; or | |
| 189 | + | 13 (5) supplied to or purchased by consumers expressly | |
| 190 | + | 14 for the purpose of facilitating food or beverage | |
| 191 | + | 15 consumption and ordinarily disposed of after a single use | |
| 192 | + | 16 or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused. | |
| 193 | + | 17 "Packaging" does not include: | |
| 194 | + | 18 (1) a medical device or packaging that is included | |
| 195 | + | 19 with products regulated: | |
| 196 | + | 20 (A) as a drug, medical device, or dietary | |
| 197 | + | 21 supplement by the United States Food and Drug | |
| 198 | + | 22 Administration under the Federal Food, Drug, and | |
| 199 | + | 23 Cosmetic Act; | |
| 200 | + | 24 (B) as a combination product as defined under 21 | |
| 201 | + | 25 CFR 3.2(e); or | |
| 202 | + | 26 (C) under the federal Dietary Supplement Health | |
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| 394 | - | (3) the quantity, by weight, of municipal waste | |
| 395 | - | disposed on a county-by-county basis for all counties in | |
| 396 | - | the State; | |
| 397 | - | (4) the processing capacity and infrastructure for | |
| 398 | - | reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging and paper | |
| 399 | - | products collected in the State, including capacity and | |
| 400 | - | infrastructure outside the State which serves or may serve | |
| 401 | - | the State; | |
| 402 | - | (5) current reuse, recycling, and composting rates for | |
| 403 | - | packaging and paper products in the State by material | |
| 404 | - | type; | |
| 405 | - | (6) current postconsumer recycled content use by | |
| 406 | - | material type for all packaging and paper products sold in | |
| 407 | - | the State; | |
| 408 | - | (7) current reusability, recyclability, or | |
| 409 | - | compostability of packaging and paper products, by | |
| 410 | - | material type, for all packaging and paper products sold, | |
| 411 | - | offered for sale, distributed, or served in the State; | |
| 412 | - | (8) current system-wide costs for the collection, | |
| 413 | - | reuse, recycling, and composting of packaging and paper | |
| 414 | - | products; | |
| 415 | - | (9) current operational and capital funding | |
| 416 | - | limitations impacting reuse, recycling, and composting | |
| 417 | - | access and availability for packaging and paper products | |
| 418 | - | throughout the State; | |
| 419 | - | (10) collection and processing system needs to provide | |
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| 422 | - | access to curbside recycling services for all covered | |
| 423 | - | entities within municipalities with a population of 1,500 | |
| 424 | - | or more based on the most recent United States Census, | |
| 425 | - | with collection provided no less frequently than every 2 | |
| 426 | - | weeks, and at least one drop-off location for recyclable | |
| 427 | - | materials within 15 miles of the municipal boundary for | |
| 428 | - | municipalities with a population less than 1,500, with | |
| 429 | - | needs identified on a county-by-county basis for all | |
| 430 | - | counties in the State, and the estimated costs to meet the | |
| 431 | - | access requirements; | |
| 432 | - | (11) program costs and capital investments required to | |
| 433 | - | achieve a 35%, 50%, and 65% recycling rate by December 31, | |
| 434 | - | 2035 for each material type, including paper, plastic, | |
| 435 | - | glass, and metal, and including investment into existing | |
| 436 | - | and future reuse, recycling, and composting infrastructure | |
| 437 | - | for packaging and paper products; | |
| 438 | - | (12) the market conditions and opportunities for | |
| 439 | - | reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging and paper | |
| 440 | - | products in the State and regionally; | |
| 441 | - | (13) multilingual public education needs for the | |
| 442 | - | reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting of packaging | |
| 443 | - | and paper products, including, but not limited to, a | |
| 444 | - | scientific survey of current awareness among residents of | |
| 445 | - | this State of proper end-of-life management for packaging | |
| 446 | - | and paper products and the needs associated with the | |
| 447 | - | reduction of contamination rates at MRFs in the State; and | |
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| 450 | - | (14) an assessment of environmental justice and | |
| 451 | - | recycling equity in the State, including, but not limited | |
| 452 | - | to: | |
| 453 | - | (A) an evaluation of current access to and the | |
| 454 | - | performance of curbside and drop-off recycling | |
| 455 | - | programs in units of local government designated as | |
| 456 | - | environmental justice areas; and | |
| 457 | - | (B) a comparison of the location of MRFs and | |
| 458 | - | compost facilities in units of local government that | |
| 459 | - | have been designated as environmental justice areas | |
| 460 | - | with units of local government that are not so | |
| 461 | - | designated. | |
| 462 | - | (d) Persons with data or information required to complete | |
| 463 | - | the statewide needs assessment shall provide the Agency with | |
| 464 | - | such data or information in a timely fashion to assist in | |
| 465 | - | completing the statewide needs assessment. | |
| 466 | - | (e) On or before December 31, 2025, the Agency shall | |
| 467 | - | provide the draft needs assessment to the Advisory Council. | |
| 468 | - | The Advisory Council shall provide written comments to the | |
| 469 | - | Agency within 60 days after receipt of the needs assessment. | |
| 470 | - | The Agency's consultant shall include an assessment of | |
| 471 | - | comments received in the revised draft needs assessment | |
| 472 | - | submitted to the Agency and shall provide a summary and an | |
| 473 | - | analysis of any issues raised by the Advisory Council and | |
| 474 | - | significant changes suggested by any such comments, a | |
| 475 | - | statement of the reasons why any significant changes were not | |
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| 213 | + | 1 and Education Act of 1994; | |
| 214 | + | 2 (2) animal biologics, including, but not limited to, | |
| 215 | + | 3 vaccines, bacterins, antisera, diagnostic kits, other | |
| 216 | + | 4 products of biological origin, and other packaging and | |
| 217 | + | 5 paper products regulated by the United States Department | |
| 218 | + | 6 of Agriculture under the federal Virus, Serum, Toxin Act; | |
| 219 | + | 7 (3) packaging regulated under the Federal Insecticide, | |
| 220 | + | 8 Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or another applicable | |
| 221 | + | 9 federal law, rule, or regulation; and | |
| 222 | + | 10 (4) beverage containers subject to a returnable | |
| 223 | + | 11 container deposit, if applicable. | |
| 224 | + | 12 "Paper product" means: | |
| 225 | + | 13 (1) paper that can or has been printed on to create | |
| 226 | + | 14 flyers, brochures, booklets, catalogs, greeting cards, | |
| 227 | + | 15 telephone directories, newspapers, magazines; and | |
| 228 | + | 16 (2) paper used for copying, writing, or any other | |
| 229 | + | 17 general use. | |
| 230 | + | 18 "Paper product" does not include: | |
| 231 | + | 19 (1) paper that, by virtue of its anticipated use, | |
| 232 | + | 20 could become unsafe or unsanitary to recycle; or | |
| 233 | + | 21 (2) any form of bound book, including, but not limited | |
| 234 | + | 22 to, bound books for literary, textual, or reference | |
| 235 | + | 23 purposes. | |
| 236 | + | 24 "Person" means any individual, partnership, copartnership, | |
| 237 | + | 25 firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, | |
| 238 | + | 26 association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, political | |
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| 477 | 240 | ||
| 478 | - | incorporated into the results of the study, and a description | |
| 479 | - | of any changes made to the results of the needs assessment as a | |
| 480 | - | result of such comments. The needs assessment shall be | |
| 481 | - | finalized by the Agency on or before May 1, 2026. | |
| 482 | - | Section 25. Severability. The provisions of this Act shall | |
| 483 | - | be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision | |
| 484 | - | of this Act or the applicability thereof to any person or | |
| 485 | - | circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act | |
| 486 | - | and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby. | |
| 487 | - | Section 30. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |
| 488 | - | changing Section 22.15 as follows: | |
| 489 | - | (415 ILCS 5/22.15) | |
| 490 | - | Sec. 22.15. Solid Waste Management Fund; fees. | |
| 491 | - | (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a | |
| 492 | - | special fund to be known as the Solid Waste Management Fund, to | |
| 493 | - | be constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant | |
| 494 | - | to this Section, from repayments of loans made from the Fund | |
| 495 | - | for solid waste projects, from registration fees collected | |
| 496 | - | pursuant to the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and from | |
| 497 | - | amounts transferred into the Fund pursuant to Public Act | |
| 498 | - | 100-433. Moneys received by either the Agency or the | |
| 499 | - | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in repayment | |
| 500 | - | of loans made pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Management | |
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| 503 | - | Act shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. | |
| 504 | - | (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee in the amount | |
| 505 | - | set forth herein from the owner or operator of each sanitary | |
| 506 | - | landfill permitted or required to be permitted by the Agency | |
| 507 | - | to dispose of solid waste if the sanitary landfill is located | |
| 508 | - | off the site where such waste was produced and if such sanitary | |
| 509 | - | landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a person other | |
| 510 | - | than the generator of such waste. The Agency shall deposit all | |
| 511 | - | fees collected into the Solid Waste Management Fund. If a site | |
| 512 | - | is contiguous to one or more landfills owned or operated by the | |
| 513 | - | same person, the volumes permanently disposed of by each | |
| 514 | - | landfill shall be combined for purposes of determining the fee | |
| 515 | - | under this subsection. Beginning on July 1, 2018, and on the | |
| 516 | - | first day of each month thereafter during fiscal years 2019 | |
| 517 | - | through 2023, the State Comptroller shall direct and State | |
| 518 | - | Treasurer shall transfer an amount equal to 1/12 of $5,000,000 | |
| 519 | - | per fiscal year from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the | |
| 520 | - | General Revenue Fund. | |
| 521 | - | (1) If more than 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous | |
| 522 | - | solid waste is permanently disposed of at a site in a | |
| 523 | - | calendar year, the owner or operator shall either pay a | |
| 524 | - | fee of 95 cents per cubic yard or, alternatively, the | |
| 525 | - | owner or operator may weigh the quantity of the solid | |
| 526 | - | waste permanently disposed of with a device for which | |
| 527 | - | certification has been obtained under the Weights and | |
| 528 | - | Measures Act and pay a fee of $2.00 per ton of solid waste | |
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| 531 | - | permanently disposed of. In no case shall the fee | |
| 532 | - | collected or paid by the owner or operator under this | |
| 533 | - | paragraph exceed $1.55 per cubic yard or $3.27 per ton. | |
| 534 | - | (2) If more than 100,000 cubic yards but not more than | |
| 535 | - | 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently | |
| 536 | - | disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the owner or | |
| 537 | - | operator shall pay a fee of $52,630. | |
| 538 | - | (3) If more than 50,000 cubic yards but not more than | |
| 539 | - | 100,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is | |
| 540 | - | permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the | |
| 541 | - | owner or operator shall pay a fee of $23,790. | |
| 542 | - | (4) If more than 10,000 cubic yards but not more than | |
| 543 | - | 50,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is | |
| 544 | - | permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the | |
| 545 | - | owner or operator shall pay a fee of $7,260. | |
| 546 | - | (5) If not more than 10,000 cubic yards of | |
| 547 | - | non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a | |
| 548 | - | site in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay a | |
| 549 | - | fee of $1050. | |
| 550 | - | (c) (Blank). | |
| 551 | - | (d) The Agency shall establish rules relating to the | |
| 552 | - | collection of the fees authorized by this Section. Such rules | |
| 553 | - | shall include, but not be limited to: | |
| 554 | - | (1) necessary records identifying the quantities of | |
| 555 | - | solid waste received or disposed; | |
| 556 | - | (2) the form and submission of reports to accompany | |
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| 250 | + | 2 legal representative, agent, or assign. | |
| 251 | + | 3 "Postconsumer material" means packaging or paper products | |
| 252 | + | 4 that have served their intended end use as consumer items. | |
| 253 | + | 5 "Postconsumer material" does not include a by-product or waste | |
| 254 | + | 6 material generated during or after the completion of a | |
| 255 | + | 7 manufacturing or converting process. | |
| 256 | + | 8 "Postconsumer recycled content" means the portion of an | |
| 257 | + | 9 item of packaging or paper product made from postconsumer | |
| 258 | + | 10 material that has been recycled. | |
| 259 | + | 11 "Recycling" has the meaning given to "recycling, | |
| 260 | + | 12 reclamation or reuse" in Section 3.380 of the Environmental | |
| 261 | + | 13 Protection Act. "Recycling" does not include landfill disposal | |
| 262 | + | 14 of packaging or paper products or the residue resulting from | |
| 263 | + | 15 the processing of packaging or paper products at an MRF, use as | |
| 264 | + | 16 alternative daily cover or any other beneficial use at a | |
| 265 | + | 17 landfill, incineration, energy recovery, or energy generation | |
| 266 | + | 18 by means of combustion, or final conversion of packaging and | |
| 267 | + | 19 paper products or their components and by-products to a fuel. | |
| 268 | + | 20 "Recycling rate" means the percentage of packaging and | |
| 269 | + | 21 paper products returned to the economic mainstream in the form | |
| 270 | + | 22 of raw materials or products rather than being disposed of or | |
| 271 | + | 23 discarded. The recycling rate is calculated by dividing the | |
| 272 | + | 24 total weight of packaging and paper products that are | |
| 273 | + | 25 collected for recycling by the total weight of packaging and | |
| 274 | + | 26 paper products sold, distributed, or served to consumers in | |
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| 559 | - | the payment of fees to the Agency; | |
| 560 | - | (3) the time and manner of payment of fees to the | |
| 561 | - | Agency, which payments shall not be more often than | |
| 562 | - | quarterly; and | |
| 563 | - | (4) procedures setting forth criteria establishing | |
| 564 | - | when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume | |
| 565 | - | during any given quarter or other fee payment period. | |
| 566 | - | (e) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Solid | |
| 567 | - | Waste Management Fund shall be used by the Agency for the | |
| 568 | - | purposes set forth in this Section and in the Illinois Solid | |
| 569 | - | Waste Management Act, including for the costs of fee | |
| 570 | - | collection and administration, and for the administration of | |
| 571 | - | the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and the Drug Take-Back | |
| 572 | - | Act, and the Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act. | |
| 573 | - | (f) The Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements | |
| 574 | - | and to promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out its | |
| 575 | - | duties under this Section and the Illinois Solid Waste | |
| 576 | - | Management Act. | |
| 577 | - | (g) On the first day of January, April, July, and October | |
| 578 | - | of each year, beginning on July 1, 1996, the State Comptroller | |
| 579 | - | and Treasurer shall transfer $500,000 from the Solid Waste | |
| 580 | - | Management Fund to the Hazardous Waste Fund. Moneys | |
| 581 | - | transferred under this subsection (g) shall be used only for | |
| 582 | - | the purposes set forth in item (1) of subsection (d) of Section | |
| 583 | - | 22.2. | |
| 584 | - | (h) The Agency is authorized to provide financial | |
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| 587 | - | assistance to units of local government for the performance of | |
| 588 | - | inspecting, investigating, and enforcement activities pursuant | |
| 589 | - | to subsection (r) of Section 4 Section 4(r) at nonhazardous | |
| 590 | - | solid waste disposal sites. | |
| 591 | - | (i) The Agency is authorized to conduct household waste | |
| 592 | - | collection and disposal programs. | |
| 593 | - | (j) A unit of local government, as defined in the Local | |
| 594 | - | Solid Waste Disposal Act, in which a solid waste disposal | |
| 595 | - | facility is located may establish a fee, tax, or surcharge | |
| 596 | - | with regard to the permanent disposal of solid waste. All | |
| 597 | - | fees, taxes, and surcharges collected under this subsection | |
| 598 | - | shall be utilized for solid waste management purposes, | |
| 599 | - | including long-term monitoring and maintenance of landfills, | |
| 600 | - | planning, implementation, inspection, enforcement and other | |
| 601 | - | activities consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act and | |
| 602 | - | the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act, or for any other | |
| 603 | - | environment-related purpose, including, but not limited to, an | |
| 604 | - | environment-related public works project, but not for the | |
| 605 | - | construction of a new pollution control facility other than a | |
| 606 | - | household hazardous waste facility. However, the total fee, | |
| 607 | - | tax or surcharge imposed by all units of local government | |
| 608 | - | under this subsection (j) upon the solid waste disposal | |
| 609 | - | facility shall not exceed: | |
| 610 | - | (1) 60 per cubic yard if more than 150,000 cubic | |
| 611 | - | yards of non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed | |
| 612 | - | of at the site in a calendar year, unless the owner or | |
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| 615 | - | operator weighs the quantity of the solid waste received | |
| 616 | - | with a device for which certification has been obtained | |
| 617 | - | under the Weights and Measures Act, in which case the fee | |
| 618 | - | shall not exceed $1.27 per ton of solid waste permanently | |
| 619 | - | disposed of. | |
| 620 | - | (2) $33,350 if more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not | |
| 621 | - | more than 150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is | |
| 622 | - | permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year. | |
| 623 | - | (3) $15,500 if more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not | |
| 624 | - | more than 100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid | |
| 625 | - | waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar | |
| 626 | - | year. | |
| 627 | - | (4) $4,650 if more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not | |
| 628 | - | more than 50,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste | |
| 629 | - | is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year. | |
| 630 | - | (5) $650 if not more than 10,000 cubic yards of | |
| 631 | - | non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at | |
| 632 | - | the site in a calendar year. | |
| 633 | - | The corporate authorities of the unit of local government | |
| 634 | - | may use proceeds from the fee, tax, or surcharge to reimburse a | |
| 635 | - | highway commissioner whose road district lies wholly or | |
| 636 | - | partially within the corporate limits of the unit of local | |
| 637 | - | government for expenses incurred in the removal of | |
| 638 | - | nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been dumped on | |
| 639 | - | public property in violation of a State law or local | |
| 640 | - | ordinance. | |
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| 286 | + | 2 that is landfilled after processing by an MRF. | |
| 287 | + | 3 "Reusable" means: | |
| 288 | + | 4 (1) designed to be refilled or used repeatedly for its | |
| 289 | + | 5 original intended purpose and is returnable; | |
| 290 | + | 6 (2) safe for washing and sanitizing according to | |
| 291 | + | 7 applicable State food safety laws; and | |
| 292 | + | 8 (3) with the exception of ceramic products, capable of | |
| 293 | + | 9 being recycled at the end of use. | |
| 294 | + | 10 "Reuse" means the return of packaging to the economic | |
| 295 | + | 11 stream for use in the same kind of application intended for the | |
| 296 | + | 12 original packaging without effectuating a change in the | |
| 297 | + | 13 original composition of the package, the identity of the | |
| 298 | + | 14 product, or the components thereof. | |
| 299 | + | 15 "Rigid plastic" means packaging made of plastic that has a | |
| 300 | + | 16 relatively inflexible finite shape or form and is capable of | |
| 301 | + | 17 maintaining its shape while empty or while holding other | |
| 302 | + | 18 products. | |
| 303 | + | 19 "Service provider" means a hauler, an MRF, or a composting | |
| 304 | + | 20 facility. | |
| 305 | + | 21 "Single-use packaging or product" means a packaging or | |
| 306 | + | 22 product that is supplied to or purchased by consumers | |
| 307 | + | 23 expressly for the purpose of facilitating food or beverage | |
| 308 | + | 24 consumption and that is ordinarily disposed of after a single | |
| 309 | + | 25 use or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused. | |
| 310 | + | 26 "Study period" means the period represented by the data | |
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| 643 | - | For the disposal of solid waste from general construction | |
| 644 | - | or demolition debris recovery facilities as defined in | |
| 645 | - | subsection (a-1) of Section 3.160, the total fee, tax, or | |
| 646 | - | surcharge imposed by all units of local government under this | |
| 647 | - | subsection (j) upon the solid waste disposal facility shall | |
| 648 | - | not exceed 50% of the applicable amount set forth above. A unit | |
| 649 | - | of local government, as defined in the Local Solid Waste | |
| 650 | - | Disposal Act, in which a general construction or demolition | |
| 651 | - | debris recovery facility is located may establish a fee, tax, | |
| 652 | - | or surcharge on the general construction or demolition debris | |
| 653 | - | recovery facility with regard to the permanent disposal of | |
| 654 | - | solid waste by the general construction or demolition debris | |
| 655 | - | recovery facility at a solid waste disposal facility, provided | |
| 656 | - | that such fee, tax, or surcharge shall not exceed 50% of the | |
| 657 | - | applicable amount set forth above, based on the total amount | |
| 658 | - | of solid waste transported from the general construction or | |
| 659 | - | demolition debris recovery facility for disposal at solid | |
| 660 | - | waste disposal facilities, and the unit of local government | |
| 661 | - | and fee shall be subject to all other requirements of this | |
| 662 | - | subsection (j). | |
| 663 | - | A county or Municipal Joint Action Agency that imposes a | |
| 664 | - | fee, tax, or surcharge under this subsection may use the | |
| 665 | - | proceeds thereof to reimburse a municipality that lies wholly | |
| 666 | - | or partially within its boundaries for expenses incurred in | |
| 667 | - | the removal of nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has | |
| 668 | - | been dumped on public property in violation of a State law or | |
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| 671 | - | local ordinance. | |
| 672 | - | If the fees are to be used to conduct a local sanitary | |
| 673 | - | landfill inspection or enforcement program, the unit of local | |
| 674 | - | government must enter into a written delegation agreement with | |
| 675 | - | the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4. The unit of | |
| 676 | - | local government and the Agency shall enter into such a | |
| 677 | - | written delegation agreement within 60 days after the | |
| 678 | - | establishment of such fees. At least annually, the Agency | |
| 679 | - | shall conduct an audit of the expenditures made by units of | |
| 680 | - | local government from the funds granted by the Agency to the | |
| 681 | - | units of local government for purposes of local sanitary | |
| 682 | - | landfill inspection and enforcement programs, to ensure that | |
| 683 | - | the funds have been expended for the prescribed purposes under | |
| 684 | - | the grant. | |
| 685 | - | The fees, taxes or surcharges collected under this | |
| 686 | - | subsection (j) shall be placed by the unit of local government | |
| 687 | - | in a separate fund, and the interest received on the moneys in | |
| 688 | - | the fund shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the fund | |
| 689 | - | may be accumulated over a period of years to be expended in | |
| 690 | - | accordance with this subsection. | |
| 691 | - | A unit of local government, as defined in the Local Solid | |
| 692 | - | Waste Disposal Act, shall prepare and post on its website, in | |
| 693 | - | April of each year, a report that details spending plans for | |
| 694 | - | monies collected in accordance with this subsection. The | |
| 695 | - | report will at a minimum include the following: | |
| 696 | - | (1) The total monies collected pursuant to this | |
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| 700 | - | (2) The most current balance of monies collected | |
| 701 | - | pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 702 | - | (3) An itemized accounting of all monies expended for | |
| 703 | - | the previous year pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 704 | - | (4) An estimation of monies to be collected for the | |
| 705 | - | following 3 years pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 706 | - | (5) A narrative detailing the general direction and | |
| 707 | - | scope of future expenditures for one, 2 and 3 years. | |
| 708 | - | The exemptions granted under Sections 22.16 and 22.16a, | |
| 709 | - | and under subsection (k) of this Section, shall be applicable | |
| 710 | - | to any fee, tax or surcharge imposed under this subsection | |
| 711 | - | (j); except that the fee, tax or surcharge authorized to be | |
| 712 | - | imposed under this subsection (j) may be made applicable by a | |
| 713 | - | unit of local government to the permanent disposal of solid | |
| 714 | - | waste after December 31, 1986, under any contract lawfully | |
| 715 | - | executed before June 1, 1986 under which more than 150,000 | |
| 716 | - | cubic yards (or 50,000 tons) of solid waste is to be | |
| 717 | - | permanently disposed of, even though the waste is exempt from | |
| 718 | - | the fee imposed by the State under subsection (b) of this | |
| 719 | - | Section pursuant to an exemption granted under Section 22.16. | |
| 720 | - | (k) In accordance with the findings and purposes of the | |
| 721 | - | Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, beginning January 1, 1989 | |
| 722 | - | the fee under subsection (b) and the fee, tax or surcharge | |
| 723 | - | under subsection (j) shall not apply to: | |
| 724 | - | (1) waste which is hazardous waste; | |
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| 322 | + | 2 Recycling Needs Assessment. The study period shall be a | |
| 323 | + | 3 minimum of a one-year calendar period not earlier than 2022 | |
| 324 | + | 4 and shall be clearly defined in the scope of work. If more than | |
| 325 | + | 5 one year of data is used, data shall be presented on an annual | |
| 326 | + | 6 basis. | |
| 327 | + | 7 Section 15. Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory | |
| 328 | + | 8 Council. | |
| 329 | + | 9 (a) The Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory | |
| 330 | + | 10 Council shall be appointed by the Agency. On or before January | |
| 331 | + | 11 1, 2024, the Director shall appoint members to the Advisory | |
| 332 | + | 12 Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency in | |
| 333 | + | 13 the drafting, amendment, and finalization of the Statewide | |
| 334 | + | 14 Recycling Needs Assessment. | |
| 335 | + | 15 (b) In appointing members to the Advisory Council under | |
| 336 | + | 16 subsection (a), the Director shall consider representatives | |
| 337 | + | 17 from all geographic regions of the State, all sizes of | |
| 338 | + | 18 communities in the State, all supply chain participants in the | |
| 339 | + | 19 recycling system, and the racial and gender diversity of this | |
| 340 | + | 20 State. | |
| 341 | + | 21 (c) Members of the Advisory Council shall include, but | |
| 342 | + | 22 shall not be limited to, the following voting members: | |
| 343 | + | 23 (1) four individuals representing material recovery | |
| 344 | + | 24 facilities in the State, no more than 2 of whom shall | |
| 345 | + | 25 represent an MRF that accepts recyclables from Cook County | |
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| 727 | - | (2) waste which is pollution control waste; | |
| 728 | - | (3) waste from recycling, reclamation or reuse | |
| 729 | - | processes which have been approved by the Agency as being | |
| 730 | - | designed to remove any contaminant from wastes so as to | |
| 731 | - | render such wastes reusable, provided that the process | |
| 732 | - | renders at least 50% of the waste reusable; the exemption | |
| 733 | - | set forth in this paragraph (3) of this subsection (k) | |
| 734 | - | shall not apply to general construction or demolition | |
| 735 | - | debris recovery facilities as defined in subsection (a-1) | |
| 736 | - | of Section 3.160; | |
| 737 | - | (4) non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a | |
| 738 | - | sanitary landfill and composted or recycled through a | |
| 739 | - | process permitted by the Agency; or | |
| 740 | - | (5) any landfill which is permitted by the Agency to | |
| 741 | - | receive only demolition or construction debris or | |
| 742 | - | landscape waste. | |
| 743 | - | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; | |
| 744 | - | 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-310, eff. 8-6-21; 102-444, eff. | |
| 745 | - | 8-20-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; | |
| 746 | - | 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised 8-25-22.) | |
| 747 | - | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |
| 748 | - | becoming law. | |
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| 357 | + | 2 (2) four individuals representing haulers, one of whom | |
| 358 | + | 3 shall represent a statewide organization representing | |
| 359 | + | 4 haulers, one of whom shall represent a publicly traded | |
| 360 | + | 5 hauler, one of whom shall represent a privately owned | |
| 361 | + | 6 hauler, and one of whom shall operate a recycling drop-off | |
| 362 | + | 7 facility; | |
| 363 | + | 8 (3) one individual representing compost collection and | |
| 364 | + | 9 processing facilities; | |
| 365 | + | 10 (4) eight individuals representing rural and urban | |
| 366 | + | 11 units of local government, one of whom shall represent a | |
| 367 | + | 12 county with a population of less than 50,000, one of whom | |
| 368 | + | 13 shall represent a county with a population of more than | |
| 369 | + | 14 50,000 and less than 1,000,000, one of whom shall | |
| 370 | + | 15 represent a county with a population of more than | |
| 371 | + | 16 1,000,000, two of whom shall represent municipalities with | |
| 372 | + | 17 a population of less than 1,000,000, one of whom shall | |
| 373 | + | 18 represent a statewide organization of municipalities as | |
| 374 | + | 19 authorized by Section 1-8-1 of the Illinois Municipal | |
| 375 | + | 20 Code, one of whom shall represent a municipal joint action | |
| 376 | + | 21 agency, and one of whom shall represent a municipality | |
| 377 | + | 22 with a population of 1,000,000 or more; | |
| 378 | + | 23 (5) two individuals representing retailers, one of | |
| 379 | + | 24 whom shall represent a statewide association of retailers; | |
| 380 | + | 25 (6) two individuals representing environmental | |
| 381 | + | 26 organizations; | |
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| 393 | + | 2 advocacy organizations or environmental justice | |
| 394 | + | 3 communities; | |
| 395 | + | 4 (8) one individual representing a statewide | |
| 396 | + | 5 manufacturing association; | |
| 397 | + | 6 (9) one individual representing manufacturers of | |
| 398 | + | 7 products containing postconsumer material, or one or more | |
| 399 | + | 8 associations of such manufacturers; | |
| 400 | + | 9 (10) one individual representing manufacturers of | |
| 401 | + | 10 packaging and paper products utilizing virgin materials, | |
| 402 | + | 11 or one or more associations of suppliers of substrates of | |
| 403 | + | 12 packaging and paper products; and | |
| 404 | + | 13 (11) four individuals representing producers of | |
| 405 | + | 14 consumer products. | |
| 406 | + | 15 (d) An individual may be appointed to only one position on | |
| 407 | + | 16 the Advisory Council. Upon completion of the duties of the | |
| 408 | + | 17 Advisory Council, appointments to the Advisory Council shall | |
| 409 | + | 18 be terminated and the Advisory Council shall be dissolved. | |
| 410 | + | 19 (e) The duties of the Advisory Council are as follows: | |
| 411 | + | 20 (1) to provide guidance on the scope of work for the | |
| 412 | + | 21 Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment required under | |
| 413 | + | 22 Section 25; | |
| 414 | + | 23 (2) to assist in the provision of data required to | |
| 415 | + | 24 complete the needs assessment; | |
| 416 | + | 25 (3) to review and comment on the needs assessment | |
| 417 | + | 26 prior to completion; | |
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| 428 | + | 1 (4) to review packaging and paper products legislation | |
| 429 | + | 2 enacted in other states, including identifying the main | |
| 430 | + | 3 components of the legislation, its implementation steps, | |
| 431 | + | 4 and its implementation status; | |
| 432 | + | 5 (5) to evaluate and make recommendations, including | |
| 433 | + | 6 legislative recommendations, on how to effectively | |
| 434 | + | 7 establish and implement a producer responsibility program | |
| 435 | + | 8 in the State for packaging and paper products, including | |
| 436 | + | 9 recommendations regarding the responsibilities of | |
| 437 | + | 10 producers under a producer responsibility program; and | |
| 438 | + | 11 (6) on or before December 1, 2026, to prepare and | |
| 439 | + | 12 submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the | |
| 440 | + | 13 General Assembly and the Governor, which shall include an | |
| 441 | + | 14 opportunity for a minority report. | |
| 442 | + | 15 (f) The Advisory Council: | |
| 443 | + | 16 (1) shall meet at the call of the Chair, except for the | |
| 444 | + | 17 first meeting, which shall be called by the Director; | |
| 445 | + | 18 (2) shall meet at least quarterly or as determined by | |
| 446 | + | 19 the Advisory Council Chair; | |
| 447 | + | 20 (3) shall elect a Chair from among Advisory Council | |
| 448 | + | 21 members by a simple majority vote; | |
| 449 | + | 22 (4) may adopt bylaws and a charter for the operation | |
| 450 | + | 23 of its business for the purposes of this Act; and | |
| 451 | + | 24 (5) shall be provided administrative support by the | |
| 452 | + | 25 Agency and Agency staff. | |
| 453 | + | 26 (g) The Agency may select and hire a third-party | |
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| 465 | + | 2 Section 20. Statewide needs assessment. | |
| 466 | + | 3 (a) The Agency shall issue a competitive solicitation in | |
| 467 | + | 4 accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code to select a | |
| 468 | + | 5 qualified consultant to conduct a statewide needs assessment | |
| 469 | + | 6 to assess recycling, composting, and reuse conditions in the | |
| 470 | + | 7 State for packaging and paper products, including identifying | |
| 471 | + | 8 current conditions and an evaluation of the capacity, costs, | |
| 472 | + | 9 gaps, and needs associated with recycling and the diversion of | |
| 473 | + | 10 packaging and paper products. The Agency shall select the | |
| 474 | + | 11 consultant on or before July 1, 2024. The needs assessment | |
| 475 | + | 12 shall be funded by an appropriation from the Agency's Solid | |
| 476 | + | 13 Waste Management Fund or other appropriated funding. | |
| 477 | + | 14 (b) All packaging and paper products sold, offered for | |
| 478 | + | 15 sale, distributed, or imported into the State shall be | |
| 479 | + | 16 included in the needs assessment. | |
| 480 | + | 17 (c) The needs assessment shall address, at a minimum, the | |
| 481 | + | 18 following factors for covered entities: | |
| 482 | + | 19 (1) the quantity, by weight and type, of packaging and | |
| 483 | + | 20 paper products sold, offered for sale, distributed, or | |
| 484 | + | 21 served to consumers in the State by material type and | |
| 485 | + | 22 format; | |
| 486 | + | 23 (2) current collection systems for packaging and paper | |
| 487 | + | 24 products in the State, including for reuse, recycling, | |
| 488 | + | 25 composting, and disposal; | |
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| 500 | + | 2 disposed on a county-by-county basis for all counties in | |
| 501 | + | 3 the State; | |
| 502 | + | 4 (4) the processing capacity and infrastructure for | |
| 503 | + | 5 reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging and paper | |
| 504 | + | 6 products collected in the State, including capacity and | |
| 505 | + | 7 infrastructure outside the State which serves or may serve | |
| 506 | + | 8 the State; | |
| 507 | + | 9 (5) current reuse, recycling, and composting rates for | |
| 508 | + | 10 packaging and paper products in the State by material | |
| 509 | + | 11 type; | |
| 510 | + | 12 (6) current postconsumer recycled content use by | |
| 511 | + | 13 material type for all packaging and paper products sold in | |
| 512 | + | 14 the State; | |
| 513 | + | 15 (7) current reusability, recyclability, or | |
| 514 | + | 16 compostability of packaging and paper products, by | |
| 515 | + | 17 material type, for all packaging and paper products sold, | |
| 516 | + | 18 offered for sale, distributed, or served in the State; | |
| 517 | + | 19 (8) current system-wide costs for the collection, | |
| 518 | + | 20 reuse, recycling, and composting of packaging and paper | |
| 519 | + | 21 products; | |
| 520 | + | 22 (9) current operational and capital funding | |
| 521 | + | 23 limitations impacting reuse, recycling, and composting | |
| 522 | + | 24 access and availability for packaging and paper products | |
| 523 | + | 25 throughout the State; | |
| 524 | + | 26 (10) collection and processing system needs to provide | |
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| 535 | + | 1 access to curbside recycling services for all covered | |
| 536 | + | 2 entities within municipalities with a population of 1,500 | |
| 537 | + | 3 or more based on the most recent United States Census, | |
| 538 | + | 4 with collection provided no less frequently than every 2 | |
| 539 | + | 5 weeks, and at least one drop-off location for recyclable | |
| 540 | + | 6 materials within 15 miles of the municipal boundary for | |
| 541 | + | 7 municipalities with a population less than 1,500, with | |
| 542 | + | 8 needs identified on a county-by-county basis for all | |
| 543 | + | 9 counties in the State, and the estimated costs to meet the | |
| 544 | + | 10 access requirements; | |
| 545 | + | 11 (11) program costs and capital investments required to | |
| 546 | + | 12 achieve a 35%, 50%, and 65% recycling rate by December 31, | |
| 547 | + | 13 2035 for each material type, including paper, plastic, | |
| 548 | + | 14 glass, and metal, and including investment into existing | |
| 549 | + | 15 and future reuse, recycling, and composting infrastructure | |
| 550 | + | 16 for packaging and paper products; | |
| 551 | + | 17 (12) the market conditions and opportunities for | |
| 552 | + | 18 reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging and paper | |
| 553 | + | 19 products in the State and regionally; | |
| 554 | + | 20 (13) multilingual public education needs for the | |
| 555 | + | 21 reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting of packaging | |
| 556 | + | 22 and paper products, including, but not limited to, a | |
| 557 | + | 23 scientific survey of current awareness among residents of | |
| 558 | + | 24 this State of proper end-of-life management for packaging | |
| 559 | + | 25 and paper products and the needs associated with the | |
| 560 | + | 26 reduction of contamination rates at MRFs in the State; and | |
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| 572 | + | 2 recycling equity in the State, including, but not limited | |
| 573 | + | 3 to: | |
| 574 | + | 4 (A) an evaluation of current access to and the | |
| 575 | + | 5 performance of curbside and drop-off recycling | |
| 576 | + | 6 programs in units of local government designated as | |
| 577 | + | 7 environmental justice areas; and | |
| 578 | + | 8 (B) a comparison of the location of MRFs and | |
| 579 | + | 9 compost facilities in units of local government that | |
| 580 | + | 10 have been designated as environmental justice areas | |
| 581 | + | 11 with units of local government that are not so | |
| 582 | + | 12 designated. | |
| 583 | + | 13 (d) Persons with data or information required to complete | |
| 584 | + | 14 the statewide needs assessment shall provide the Agency with | |
| 585 | + | 15 such data or information in a timely fashion to assist in | |
| 586 | + | 16 completing the statewide needs assessment. | |
| 587 | + | 17 (e) On or before December 31, 2025, the Agency shall | |
| 588 | + | 18 provide the draft needs assessment to the Advisory Council. | |
| 589 | + | 19 The Advisory Council shall provide written comments to the | |
| 590 | + | 20 Agency within 60 days after receipt of the needs assessment. | |
| 591 | + | 21 The Agency's consultant shall include an assessment of | |
| 592 | + | 22 comments received in the revised draft needs assessment | |
| 593 | + | 23 submitted to the Agency and shall provide a summary and an | |
| 594 | + | 24 analysis of any issues raised by the Advisory Council and | |
| 595 | + | 25 significant changes suggested by any such comments, a | |
| 596 | + | 26 statement of the reasons why any significant changes were not | |
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| 607 | + | 1 incorporated into the results of the study, and a description | |
| 608 | + | 2 of any changes made to the results of the needs assessment as a | |
| 609 | + | 3 result of such comments. The needs assessment shall be | |
| 610 | + | 4 finalized by the Agency on or before May 1, 2026. | |
| 611 | + | 5 Section 25. Severability. The provisions of this Act shall | |
| 612 | + | 6 be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision | |
| 613 | + | 7 of this Act or the applicability thereof to any person or | |
| 614 | + | 8 circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act | |
| 615 | + | 9 and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby. | |
| 616 | + | 10 Section 30. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |
| 617 | + | 11 changing Section 22.15 as follows: | |
| 618 | + | 12 (415 ILCS 5/22.15) | |
| 619 | + | 13 Sec. 22.15. Solid Waste Management Fund; fees. | |
| 620 | + | 14 (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a | |
| 621 | + | 15 special fund to be known as the Solid Waste Management Fund, to | |
| 622 | + | 16 be constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant | |
| 623 | + | 17 to this Section, from repayments of loans made from the Fund | |
| 624 | + | 18 for solid waste projects, from registration fees collected | |
| 625 | + | 19 pursuant to the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and from | |
| 626 | + | 20 amounts transferred into the Fund pursuant to Public Act | |
| 627 | + | 21 100-433. Moneys received by either the Agency or the | |
| 628 | + | 22 Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in repayment | |
| 629 | + | 23 of loans made pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Management | |
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| 640 | + | 1 Act shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. | |
| 641 | + | 2 (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee in the amount | |
| 642 | + | 3 set forth herein from the owner or operator of each sanitary | |
| 643 | + | 4 landfill permitted or required to be permitted by the Agency | |
| 644 | + | 5 to dispose of solid waste if the sanitary landfill is located | |
| 645 | + | 6 off the site where such waste was produced and if such sanitary | |
| 646 | + | 7 landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a person other | |
| 647 | + | 8 than the generator of such waste. The Agency shall deposit all | |
| 648 | + | 9 fees collected into the Solid Waste Management Fund. If a site | |
| 649 | + | 10 is contiguous to one or more landfills owned or operated by the | |
| 650 | + | 11 same person, the volumes permanently disposed of by each | |
| 651 | + | 12 landfill shall be combined for purposes of determining the fee | |
| 652 | + | 13 under this subsection. Beginning on July 1, 2018, and on the | |
| 653 | + | 14 first day of each month thereafter during fiscal years 2019 | |
| 654 | + | 15 through 2023, the State Comptroller shall direct and State | |
| 655 | + | 16 Treasurer shall transfer an amount equal to 1/12 of $5,000,000 | |
| 656 | + | 17 per fiscal year from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the | |
| 657 | + | 18 General Revenue Fund. | |
| 658 | + | 19 (1) If more than 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous | |
| 659 | + | 20 solid waste is permanently disposed of at a site in a | |
| 660 | + | 21 calendar year, the owner or operator shall either pay a | |
| 661 | + | 22 fee of 95 cents per cubic yard or, alternatively, the | |
| 662 | + | 23 owner or operator may weigh the quantity of the solid | |
| 663 | + | 24 waste permanently disposed of with a device for which | |
| 664 | + | 25 certification has been obtained under the Weights and | |
| 665 | + | 26 Measures Act and pay a fee of $2.00 per ton of solid waste | |
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| 676 | + | 1 permanently disposed of. In no case shall the fee | |
| 677 | + | 2 collected or paid by the owner or operator under this | |
| 678 | + | 3 paragraph exceed $1.55 per cubic yard or $3.27 per ton. | |
| 679 | + | 4 (2) If more than 100,000 cubic yards but not more than | |
| 680 | + | 5 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently | |
| 681 | + | 6 disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the owner or | |
| 682 | + | 7 operator shall pay a fee of $52,630. | |
| 683 | + | 8 (3) If more than 50,000 cubic yards but not more than | |
| 684 | + | 9 100,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is | |
| 685 | + | 10 permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the | |
| 686 | + | 11 owner or operator shall pay a fee of $23,790. | |
| 687 | + | 12 (4) If more than 10,000 cubic yards but not more than | |
| 688 | + | 13 50,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is | |
| 689 | + | 14 permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the | |
| 690 | + | 15 owner or operator shall pay a fee of $7,260. | |
| 691 | + | 16 (5) If not more than 10,000 cubic yards of | |
| 692 | + | 17 non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a | |
| 693 | + | 18 site in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay a | |
| 694 | + | 19 fee of $1050. | |
| 695 | + | 20 (c) (Blank). | |
| 696 | + | 21 (d) The Agency shall establish rules relating to the | |
| 697 | + | 22 collection of the fees authorized by this Section. Such rules | |
| 698 | + | 23 shall include, but not be limited to: | |
| 699 | + | 24 (1) necessary records identifying the quantities of | |
| 700 | + | 25 solid waste received or disposed; | |
| 701 | + | 26 (2) the form and submission of reports to accompany | |
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| 712 | + | 1 the payment of fees to the Agency; | |
| 713 | + | 2 (3) the time and manner of payment of fees to the | |
| 714 | + | 3 Agency, which payments shall not be more often than | |
| 715 | + | 4 quarterly; and | |
| 716 | + | 5 (4) procedures setting forth criteria establishing | |
| 717 | + | 6 when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume | |
| 718 | + | 7 during any given quarter or other fee payment period. | |
| 719 | + | 8 (e) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Solid | |
| 720 | + | 9 Waste Management Fund shall be used by the Agency for the | |
| 721 | + | 10 purposes set forth in this Section and in the Illinois Solid | |
| 722 | + | 11 Waste Management Act, including for the costs of fee | |
| 723 | + | 12 collection and administration, and for the administration of | |
| 724 | + | 13 the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and the Drug Take-Back | |
| 725 | + | 14 Act, and the Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act. | |
| 726 | + | 15 (f) The Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements | |
| 727 | + | 16 and to promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out its | |
| 728 | + | 17 duties under this Section and the Illinois Solid Waste | |
| 729 | + | 18 Management Act. | |
| 730 | + | 19 (g) On the first day of January, April, July, and October | |
| 731 | + | 20 of each year, beginning on July 1, 1996, the State Comptroller | |
| 732 | + | 21 and Treasurer shall transfer $500,000 from the Solid Waste | |
| 733 | + | 22 Management Fund to the Hazardous Waste Fund. Moneys | |
| 734 | + | 23 transferred under this subsection (g) shall be used only for | |
| 735 | + | 24 the purposes set forth in item (1) of subsection (d) of Section | |
| 736 | + | 25 22.2. | |
| 737 | + | 26 (h) The Agency is authorized to provide financial | |
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| 748 | + | 1 assistance to units of local government for the performance of | |
| 749 | + | 2 inspecting, investigating, and enforcement activities pursuant | |
| 750 | + | 3 to subsection (r) of Section 4 Section 4(r) at nonhazardous | |
| 751 | + | 4 solid waste disposal sites. | |
| 752 | + | 5 (i) The Agency is authorized to conduct household waste | |
| 753 | + | 6 collection and disposal programs. | |
| 754 | + | 7 (j) A unit of local government, as defined in the Local | |
| 755 | + | 8 Solid Waste Disposal Act, in which a solid waste disposal | |
| 756 | + | 9 facility is located may establish a fee, tax, or surcharge | |
| 757 | + | 10 with regard to the permanent disposal of solid waste. All | |
| 758 | + | 11 fees, taxes, and surcharges collected under this subsection | |
| 759 | + | 12 shall be utilized for solid waste management purposes, | |
| 760 | + | 13 including long-term monitoring and maintenance of landfills, | |
| 761 | + | 14 planning, implementation, inspection, enforcement and other | |
| 762 | + | 15 activities consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act and | |
| 763 | + | 16 the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act, or for any other | |
| 764 | + | 17 environment-related purpose, including, but not limited to, an | |
| 765 | + | 18 environment-related public works project, but not for the | |
| 766 | + | 19 construction of a new pollution control facility other than a | |
| 767 | + | 20 household hazardous waste facility. However, the total fee, | |
| 768 | + | 21 tax or surcharge imposed by all units of local government | |
| 769 | + | 22 under this subsection (j) upon the solid waste disposal | |
| 770 | + | 23 facility shall not exceed: | |
| 771 | + | 24 (1) 60 per cubic yard if more than 150,000 cubic | |
| 772 | + | 25 yards of non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed | |
| 773 | + | 26 of at the site in a calendar year, unless the owner or | |
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| 784 | + | 1 operator weighs the quantity of the solid waste received | |
| 785 | + | 2 with a device for which certification has been obtained | |
| 786 | + | 3 under the Weights and Measures Act, in which case the fee | |
| 787 | + | 4 shall not exceed $1.27 per ton of solid waste permanently | |
| 788 | + | 5 disposed of. | |
| 789 | + | 6 (2) $33,350 if more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not | |
| 790 | + | 7 more than 150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is | |
| 791 | + | 8 permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year. | |
| 792 | + | 9 (3) $15,500 if more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not | |
| 793 | + | 10 more than 100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid | |
| 794 | + | 11 waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar | |
| 795 | + | 12 year. | |
| 796 | + | 13 (4) $4,650 if more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not | |
| 797 | + | 14 more than 50,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste | |
| 798 | + | 15 is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year. | |
| 799 | + | 16 (5) $650 if not more than 10,000 cubic yards of | |
| 800 | + | 17 non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at | |
| 801 | + | 18 the site in a calendar year. | |
| 802 | + | 19 The corporate authorities of the unit of local government | |
| 803 | + | 20 may use proceeds from the fee, tax, or surcharge to reimburse a | |
| 804 | + | 21 highway commissioner whose road district lies wholly or | |
| 805 | + | 22 partially within the corporate limits of the unit of local | |
| 806 | + | 23 government for expenses incurred in the removal of | |
| 807 | + | 24 nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been dumped on | |
| 808 | + | 25 public property in violation of a State law or local | |
| 809 | + | 26 ordinance. | |
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| 820 | + | 1 For the disposal of solid waste from general construction | |
| 821 | + | 2 or demolition debris recovery facilities as defined in | |
| 822 | + | 3 subsection (a-1) of Section 3.160, the total fee, tax, or | |
| 823 | + | 4 surcharge imposed by all units of local government under this | |
| 824 | + | 5 subsection (j) upon the solid waste disposal facility shall | |
| 825 | + | 6 not exceed 50% of the applicable amount set forth above. A unit | |
| 826 | + | 7 of local government, as defined in the Local Solid Waste | |
| 827 | + | 8 Disposal Act, in which a general construction or demolition | |
| 828 | + | 9 debris recovery facility is located may establish a fee, tax, | |
| 829 | + | 10 or surcharge on the general construction or demolition debris | |
| 830 | + | 11 recovery facility with regard to the permanent disposal of | |
| 831 | + | 12 solid waste by the general construction or demolition debris | |
| 832 | + | 13 recovery facility at a solid waste disposal facility, provided | |
| 833 | + | 14 that such fee, tax, or surcharge shall not exceed 50% of the | |
| 834 | + | 15 applicable amount set forth above, based on the total amount | |
| 835 | + | 16 of solid waste transported from the general construction or | |
| 836 | + | 17 demolition debris recovery facility for disposal at solid | |
| 837 | + | 18 waste disposal facilities, and the unit of local government | |
| 838 | + | 19 and fee shall be subject to all other requirements of this | |
| 839 | + | 20 subsection (j). | |
| 840 | + | 21 A county or Municipal Joint Action Agency that imposes a | |
| 841 | + | 22 fee, tax, or surcharge under this subsection may use the | |
| 842 | + | 23 proceeds thereof to reimburse a municipality that lies wholly | |
| 843 | + | 24 or partially within its boundaries for expenses incurred in | |
| 844 | + | 25 the removal of nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has | |
| 845 | + | 26 been dumped on public property in violation of a State law or | |
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| 856 | + | 1 local ordinance. | |
| 857 | + | 2 If the fees are to be used to conduct a local sanitary | |
| 858 | + | 3 landfill inspection or enforcement program, the unit of local | |
| 859 | + | 4 government must enter into a written delegation agreement with | |
| 860 | + | 5 the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4. The unit of | |
| 861 | + | 6 local government and the Agency shall enter into such a | |
| 862 | + | 7 written delegation agreement within 60 days after the | |
| 863 | + | 8 establishment of such fees. At least annually, the Agency | |
| 864 | + | 9 shall conduct an audit of the expenditures made by units of | |
| 865 | + | 10 local government from the funds granted by the Agency to the | |
| 866 | + | 11 units of local government for purposes of local sanitary | |
| 867 | + | 12 landfill inspection and enforcement programs, to ensure that | |
| 868 | + | 13 the funds have been expended for the prescribed purposes under | |
| 869 | + | 14 the grant. | |
| 870 | + | 15 The fees, taxes or surcharges collected under this | |
| 871 | + | 16 subsection (j) shall be placed by the unit of local government | |
| 872 | + | 17 in a separate fund, and the interest received on the moneys in | |
| 873 | + | 18 the fund shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the fund | |
| 874 | + | 19 may be accumulated over a period of years to be expended in | |
| 875 | + | 20 accordance with this subsection. | |
| 876 | + | 21 A unit of local government, as defined in the Local Solid | |
| 877 | + | 22 Waste Disposal Act, shall prepare and post on its website, in | |
| 878 | + | 23 April of each year, a report that details spending plans for | |
| 879 | + | 24 monies collected in accordance with this subsection. The | |
| 880 | + | 25 report will at a minimum include the following: | |
| 881 | + | 26 (1) The total monies collected pursuant to this | |
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| 892 | + | 1 subsection. | |
| 893 | + | 2 (2) The most current balance of monies collected | |
| 894 | + | 3 pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 895 | + | 4 (3) An itemized accounting of all monies expended for | |
| 896 | + | 5 the previous year pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 897 | + | 6 (4) An estimation of monies to be collected for the | |
| 898 | + | 7 following 3 years pursuant to this subsection. | |
| 899 | + | 8 (5) A narrative detailing the general direction and | |
| 900 | + | 9 scope of future expenditures for one, 2 and 3 years. | |
| 901 | + | 10 The exemptions granted under Sections 22.16 and 22.16a, | |
| 902 | + | 11 and under subsection (k) of this Section, shall be applicable | |
| 903 | + | 12 to any fee, tax or surcharge imposed under this subsection | |
| 904 | + | 13 (j); except that the fee, tax or surcharge authorized to be | |
| 905 | + | 14 imposed under this subsection (j) may be made applicable by a | |
| 906 | + | 15 unit of local government to the permanent disposal of solid | |
| 907 | + | 16 waste after December 31, 1986, under any contract lawfully | |
| 908 | + | 17 executed before June 1, 1986 under which more than 150,000 | |
| 909 | + | 18 cubic yards (or 50,000 tons) of solid waste is to be | |
| 910 | + | 19 permanently disposed of, even though the waste is exempt from | |
| 911 | + | 20 the fee imposed by the State under subsection (b) of this | |
| 912 | + | 21 Section pursuant to an exemption granted under Section 22.16. | |
| 913 | + | 22 (k) In accordance with the findings and purposes of the | |
| 914 | + | 23 Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, beginning January 1, 1989 | |
| 915 | + | 24 the fee under subsection (b) and the fee, tax or surcharge | |
| 916 | + | 25 under subsection (j) shall not apply to: | |
| 917 | + | 26 (1) waste which is hazardous waste; | |
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| 928 | + | 1 (2) waste which is pollution control waste; | |
| 929 | + | 2 (3) waste from recycling, reclamation or reuse | |
| 930 | + | 3 processes which have been approved by the Agency as being | |
| 931 | + | 4 designed to remove any contaminant from wastes so as to | |
| 932 | + | 5 render such wastes reusable, provided that the process | |
| 933 | + | 6 renders at least 50% of the waste reusable; the exemption | |
| 934 | + | 7 set forth in this paragraph (3) of this subsection (k) | |
| 935 | + | 8 shall not apply to general construction or demolition | |
| 936 | + | 9 debris recovery facilities as defined in subsection (a-1) | |
| 937 | + | 10 of Section 3.160; | |
| 938 | + | 11 (4) non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a | |
| 939 | + | 12 sanitary landfill and composted or recycled through a | |
| 940 | + | 13 process permitted by the Agency; or | |
| 941 | + | 14 (5) any landfill which is permitted by the Agency to | |
| 942 | + | 15 receive only demolition or construction debris or | |
| 943 | + | 16 landscape waste. | |
| 944 | + | 17 (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; | |
| 945 | + | 18 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-310, eff. 8-6-21; 102-444, eff. | |
| 946 | + | 19 8-20-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; | |
| 947 | + | 20 102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised 8-25-22.) | |
| 948 | + | 21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |
| 949 | + | 22 becoming law. | |
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