104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1280 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 490/77 new Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first full week of May is designated as Compost Awareness Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to recognize and promote the importance of composting and the use of compost in growing healthier food, supporting healthier soils, and creating a more sustainable world, and shall include all relevant activities connected to the annual theme of International Compost Awareness Week. LRB104 07695 BDA 17739 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1280 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 490/77 new 5 ILCS 490/77 new Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first full week of May is designated as Compost Awareness Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to recognize and promote the importance of composting and the use of compost in growing healthier food, supporting healthier soils, and creating a more sustainable world, and shall include all relevant activities connected to the annual theme of International Compost Awareness Week. LRB104 07695 BDA 17739 b LRB104 07695 BDA 17739 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1280 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 490/77 new 5 ILCS 490/77 new
5 ILCS 490/77 new
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first full week of May is designated as Compost Awareness Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to recognize and promote the importance of composting and the use of compost in growing healthier food, supporting healthier soils, and creating a more sustainable world, and shall include all relevant activities connected to the annual theme of International Compost Awareness Week.
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1 AN ACT concerning government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly finds and
5 declares the following:
6 (1) Composting is an effective form of waste
7 reduction, reuse, and recycling, and since organic
8 materials make up approximately 30% of the material going
9 into landfills, composting is becoming one of the primary
10 methods communities use to reach waste diversion goals and
11 create sustainable communities.
12 (2) Organic residual materials, including yard
13 trimmings, vegetable cuttings, biosolids, food scraps,
14 manures, and hay shavings, have been composted and
15 converted into a beneficial product known as compost.
16 (3) Returning organic resources, remanufactured into
17 compost, to the soil reduces water consumption by over 30%
18 for all soil types, conserves water during extreme drought
19 or flooding conditions, decreases dependence on chemical
20 fertilizers and pesticides, and decreases erosion and
21 nonpoint source pollution.
22 (4) Communities, through their local governments,
23 highway departments, soil conservation services, and
24 public works professionals, can have positive impacts on
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 SB1280 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 490/77 new 5 ILCS 490/77 new
5 ILCS 490/77 new
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the first full week of May is designated as Compost Awareness Week to be observed throughout the State as a week to recognize and promote the importance of composting and the use of compost in growing healthier food, supporting healthier soils, and creating a more sustainable world, and shall include all relevant activities connected to the annual theme of International Compost Awareness Week.
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1 clean water, soil, climate change, and landfill diversion
2 by using compost for public works projects.
3 (5) Composting creates green jobs and infrastructure
4 for cities and states that implement composting programs.
5 (6) International Compost Awareness Week is a
6 multimedia publicity and educational initiative designed
7 to showcase compost production and demonstrate compost use
8 and is supported by compost industry organizations from
9 around the world.
10 (7) The many benefits of composting should be
11 recognized and promoted throughout the State of Illinois
12 on annual basis.
13 Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
14 adding Section 77 as follows:
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