100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3881

 

Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 150/20
415 ILCS 150/30
415 ILCS 150/50
415 ILCS 150/55

    Amends the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall (rather than has the authority to) monitor compliance with the Act. Provides that the Agency shall perform a quarterly review of specified items that are collected by collectors, processed by recyclers and refurbishers, and assigned to manufacturers. Provides that the Agency shall publish the results of the quarterly review on its website that shall include specified information. Makes corresponding changes requiring manufacturers, recyclers and refurbishers, and collectors to submit quarterly reports of specified information to the Agency.


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act
5is amended by changing Sections 20, 30, 50, and 55 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 150/20)
7    Sec. 20. Agency responsibilities.
8    (a) The Agency shall has the authority to monitor
9compliance with this Act, enforce violations of the Act by
10administrative citation, and refer violations of this Act to
11the Attorney General.
12    (b) No later than October 1 of each program year, the
13Agency shall post on its website a list of underserved counties
14in the State for the next program year. The list of underserved
15counties for program years 2010 and 2011 is set forth in
16subsection (a) of Section 60.
17    (c) From July 1, 2009 until December 31, 2015, the Agency
18shall implement a county and municipal government education
19campaign to inform those entities about this Act and the
20implications on solid waste collection in their localities.
21    (c-5) No later than February 1, 2012 and every February 1
22thereafter, the Agency shall use a portion of the manufacturer,
23recycler, and refurbisher registration fees to provide a $2,000

 

 

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1grant to the recycling coordinator in each county of the State
2in order to inform residents in each county about this Act and
3opportunities to recycle CEDs and EEDs. The recycling
4coordinator shall expend the $2,000 grant before December 31 of
5the program year in which the grant is received. The recycling
6coordinator shall maintain records that document the use of the
7grant funds.
8    (c-10) By June 15, 2012 and by December 15, 2012, and by
9every June 15 and December 15 thereafter through December 15,
102015, the Agency shall meet with associations that represent
11Illinois retail merchants twice each year to discuss compliance
12with Section 40.
13    (c-15) By December 15, 2012 and each December 15
14thereafter, the Agency shall post on its website: (i) the
15mailing address of each collection site at which collectors
16collected CEDs and EEDs during the program year and (ii) the
17amount in pounds of total CEDs and total EEDs collected at the
18collection site during the program year.
19    (d) By July 1, 2011 for the first program year, and by May
2015 for all subsequent program years, except for program years
212015, 2016, and 2017, the Agency shall report to the Governor
22and to the General Assembly annually on the previous program
23year's performance. The report must be posted on the Agency's
24website. The report must include, but not be limited to, the
25following:
26        (1) the total overall weight of CEDs, as well as the

 

 

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1    sub-total weight of computers, the sub-total weight of
2    computer monitors, the sub-total weight of printers, the
3    sub-total weight of televisions, and the total weight of
4    EEDs that were recycled or processed for reuse in the State
5    during the program year, as reported by manufacturers and
6    collectors under Sections 30 and 55;
7        (2) a listing of all collection sites, as set forth
8    under subsection (a) of Section 55, and the addresses of
9    those sites;
10        (3) a statement showing, for the preceding program
11    year, (i) the total weight of CEDs and EEDs collected,
12    recycled, and processed for reuse by the manufacturers
13    pursuant to Section 30, (ii) the total weight of CEDs
14    processed for reuse by the manufacturers, and (iii) the
15    total weight of CEDs collected by the collectors;
16        (4) a listing of all entities or persons to whom the
17    Agency issued an administrative citation or with respect to
18    which the Agency made a referral for enforcement to the
19    Attorney General's Office as a result of a violation of
20    this Act;
21        (5) a discussion of the Agency's education and outreach
22    activities as set forth in subsection (c) of this Section;
23    and
24        (6) a discussion of the penalties, if any, incurred by
25    manufacturers for failure to achieve recycling goals, and a
26    recommendation to the General Assembly of any necessary or

 

 

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1    appropriate changes to the manufacturers' recycling goals
2    or penalty provisions included in this Act.
3    For program years 2015, 2016, and 2017, the Agency shall
4make available on its website the information described in
5paragraphs (1) through (6) in whatever format it deems
6appropriate.
7    (e) The Agency shall post on its website: (1) a list of
8manufacturers that have paid the current year's registration
9fee as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 30; (2) a list of
10manufacturers that failed to pay the current year's
11registration fee as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 30;
12and (3) a list of registered collectors, the addresses of their
13collection sites, their business telephone numbers, and a link
14to their websites.
15    (f) In program years 2012, 2013, and 2014, and at its
16discretion thereafter, the Agency shall convene and host an
17Electronic Products Recycling Conference. The Agency may host
18the conferences alone or with other public entities or with
19organizations associated with electronic products recycling.
20    (g) No later than October 1 of each program year, the
21Agency must post on its website the following information for
22the next program year: (i) the individual recycling and reuse
23goals for each manufacturer, as set forth in subsections (c)
24and (c-5) of Section 15, as applicable, and (ii) the total
25statewide recycling goal, determined by adding each individual
26manufacturer's annual goal.

 

 

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1    (h) By April 1, 2011, and by April 1 of all subsequent
2years, the Agency shall award those manufacturers that have met
3or exceeded their recycling or reuse goals for the previous
4program year with an Electronic Industry Recycling Award. The
5award shall acknowledge that the manufacturer has met or
6exceeded its recycling goals and shall be posted on the Agency
7website and in other media as appropriate.
8    (i) By March 1, 2011, and by March 1 of each subsequent
9year, the Agency shall post on its website a list of registered
10manufacturers that have not met their annual recycling and
11reuse goal for the previous program year.
12    (j) By July 1, 2015, the Agency shall solicit written
13comments regarding all aspects of the program codified in this
14Act, for the purpose of determining if the program requires any
15modifications.
16        (1) Issues to be reviewed by the Agency are, but not
17    limited to, the following:
18            (A) Sufficiency of the annual statewide recycling
19        goals.
20            (B) Fairness of the formulas used to determine
21        individual manufacturer goals.
22            (C) Adequacy of, or the need for, continuation of
23        the credits outlined in Section 30(d)(1) through (3).
24            (D) Any temporary rescissions of county landfill
25        bans granted by the Illinois Pollution Control Board
26        pursuant to Section 95(e).

 

 

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1            (E) Adequacy of, or the need for, the penalties
2        listed in Section 80 of this Act, which are scheduled
3        to take effect on January 1, 2013.
4            (F) Adequacy of the collection systems that have
5        been implemented as a result of this Act, with a
6        particular focus on promoting the most cost-effective
7        and convenient collection system possible for Illinois
8        residents.
9        (2) By July 1, 2015, the Agency shall complete its
10    review of the written comments received, as well as its own
11    reports on the preceding program years. By August 1, 2015,
12    the Agency shall hold a public hearing to present its
13    findings and solicit additional comments. All additional
14    comments shall be submitted to the Agency in writing no
15    later than October 1, 2015.
16        (3) The Agency's final report, which shall be issued no
17    later than February 1, 2016, shall be submitted to the
18    Governor and the General Assembly and shall include
19    specific recommendations for any necessary or appropriate
20    modifications to the program.
21    (k) Any violation of this Act shall be enforceable by
22administrative citation. Whenever the Agency personnel or
23county personnel to whom the Agency has delegated the authority
24to monitor compliance with this Act shall, on the basis of
25direct observation, determine that any person has violated any
26provision of this Act, the Agency or county personnel may issue

 

 

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1and serve, within 60 days after the observed violation, an
2administrative citation upon that person or the entity
3employing that person. Each citation shall be served upon the
4person named or the person's authorized agent for service of
5process and shall include the following:
6        (1) a statement specifying the provisions of this Act
7    that the person or the entity employing the person has
8    violated;
9        (2) a copy of the inspection report in which the Agency
10    or local government recorded the violation and the date and
11    time of the inspection;
12        (3) the penalty imposed under Section 80; and
13        (4) an affidavit by the personnel observing the
14    violation, attesting to their material actions and
15    observations.
16    (l) If the person named in the administrative citation
17fails to petition the Illinois Pollution Control Board for
18review within 35 days after the date of service, the Board
19shall adopt a final order, which shall include the
20administrative citation and findings of violation as alleged in
21the citation and shall impose the penalty specified in Section
2280.
23    (m) If a petition for review is filed with the Board to
24contest an administrative citation issued under this Section,
25the Agency or unit of local government shall appear as a
26complainant at a hearing before the Board to be conducted

 

 

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1pursuant to subsection (n) of this Section at a time not less
2than 21 days after notice of the hearing has been sent by the
3Board to the Agency or unit of local government and the person
4named in the citation. In those hearings, the burden of proof
5shall be on the Agency or unit of local government. If, based
6on the record, the Board finds that the alleged violation
7occurred, it shall adopt a final order, which shall include the
8administrative citation and findings of violation as alleged in
9the citation, and shall impose the penalty specified in Section
1080 of this Act. However, if the Board finds that the person
11appealing the citation has shown that the violation resulted
12from uncontrollable circumstances, the Board shall adopt a
13final order that makes no finding of violation and imposes no
14penalty.
15    (n) All hearings under this Act shall be held before a
16qualified hearing officer, who may be attended by one or more
17members of the Board, designated by the Chairman. All of these
18hearings shall be open to the public, and any person may submit
19written statements to the Board in connection with the subject
20of these hearings. In addition, the Board may permit any person
21to offer oral testimony. Any party to a hearing under this
22subsection may be represented by counsel, make oral or written
23argument, offer testimony, cross-examine witnesses, or take
24any combination of those actions. All testimony taken before
25the Board shall be recorded stenographically. The transcript so
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1shall be open to public inspection, and copies of those
2materials shall be made available to any person upon payment of
3the actual cost of reproducing the original.
4    (o) Counties that have entered into a delegation agreement
5with the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4 of the
6Illinois Environmental Protection Act for the purpose of
7conducting inspection, investigation, or enforcement-related
8functions may conduct inspections for noncompliance with this
9Act.
10    (p) The Agency shall perform a quarterly review of: the
11total weight of computers; the total of computer monitors; the
12total weight of printers, facsimile machines, and scanners; the
13total weight of televisions; and the total weight of the
14remaining CEDs and the total weight of EEDs that are (1)
15collected by collectors, (2) processed by recyclers and
16refurbishers, and (3) assigned to manufacturers. The Agency
17shall publish the results of the quarterly review on its
18website and identify the total weight of CEDs and EEDs
19collected by each collector, processed by each recycler or
20refurbisher, and assigned to each manufacturer or
21manufacturers. The Agency shall publish the total weight of
22CEDs and EEDs collected on a quarterly basis and include
23information on where the CEDs and EEDs were collected.
24(Source: P.A. 98-714, eff. 7-16-14; 99-13, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
25    (415 ILCS 150/30)

 

 

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1    Sec. 30. Manufacturer responsibilities.
2    (a) Prior to April 1, 2009 for the first program year, and
3by October 1 for program year 2011 and each program year
4thereafter, manufacturers who sell computers, computer
5monitors, printers, televisions, electronic keyboards,
6facsimile machines, videocassette recorders, portable digital
7music players, digital video disc players, video game consoles,
8electronic mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable
9receivers, satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders,
10or small-scale servers in this State must register with the
11Agency. The registration must be submitted in the form and
12manner required by the Agency. The registration must include,
13without limitation, all of the following:
14        (1) a list of all of the manufacturer's brands of
15    computers, computer monitors, printers, televisions,
16    electronic keyboards, facsimile machines, videocassette
17    recorders, portable digital music players, digital video
18    disc players, video game consoles, electronic mice,
19    scanners, digital converter boxes, cable receivers,
20    satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders, and
21    small-scale servers to be offered for sale in the next
22    program year;
23        (2) (blank); and
24        (3) a statement disclosing whether any of the
25    manufacturer's computers, computer monitors, printers,
26    televisions, electronic keyboards, facsimile machines,

 

 

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1    videocassette recorders, portable digital music players,
2    digital video disc players, video game consoles,
3    electronic mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable
4    receivers, satellite receivers, digital video disc
5    recorders, or small-scale servers sold in this State exceed
6    the maximum concentration values established for lead,
7    mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated
8    biphenyls (PBBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers
9    (PBDEEs) under the RoHS (restricting the use of certain
10    hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
11    equipment) Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament
12    and Council and any amendments thereto and, if so, an
13    identification of the aforementioned electronic device
14    that exceeds the directive.
15    If, during the program year, any of the manufacturer's
16aforementioned electronic devices are sold or offered for sale
17in Illinois under a new brand that is not listed in the
18manufacturer's registration, then, within 30 days after the
19first sale or offer for sale under the new brand, the
20manufacturer must amend its registration to add the new brand.
21    (b) Prior to July 1, 2009 for the first program year, and
22by the November 1 preceding program years 2011 and later, all
23manufacturers whose computers, computer monitors, printers,
24televisions, electronic keyboards, facsimile machines,
25videocassette recorders, portable digital music players,
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1mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable receivers,
2satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders, or
3small-scale servers are offered for sale in the State shall
4submit to the Agency, at an address prescribed by the Agency,
5the registration fee for the next program year. The
6registration fee for program year 2010 is $5,000. The
7registration fee for program year 2011 is $5,000, increased by
8the applicable inflation factor as described below. In program
9year 2012, if, in program year 2011, a manufacturer sold 250 or
10fewer of the aforementioned electronic devices in the State,
11then the registration fee for that manufacturer is $1,250. In
12each program year after 2012, if, in the preceding program
13year, a manufacturer sold 250 or fewer of the aforementioned
14electronic devices in the State, then the registration fee is
15the fee that applied in the previous year to manufacturers that
16sold that number of the aforementioned electronic devices,
17increased by the applicable inflation factor as described
18below. In program year 2012, if, in the preceding program year
19a manufacturer sold 251 or more of the aforementioned
20electronic devices in the State, then the registration fee for
21that manufacturer is $5,000. In each program year after 2012,
22if, in the preceding program year, a manufacturer sold 251 or
23more of the aforementioned electronic devices in the State,
24then the registration fee is the fee that applied in the
25previous year to manufacturers that sold that number of the
26aforementioned electronic devices, increased by the applicable

 

 

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1inflation factor as described below. For program year 2011,
2program year 2013, and each program year thereafter, the
3applicable registration fee is increased each year by an
4inflation factor determined by the annual Implicit Price
5Deflator for Gross National Product, as published by the U.S.
6Department of Commerce in its Survey of Current Business. The
7inflation factor must be calculated each year by dividing the
8latest published annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross
9National Product by the annual Implicit Price Deflator for
10Gross National Product for the previous year. The inflation
11factor must be rounded to the nearest 1/100th, and the
12resulting registration fee must be rounded to the nearest whole
13dollar. No later than October 1 of each program year, the
14Agency shall post on its website the registration fee for the
15next program year.
16    (c) A manufacturer whose computers, computer monitors,
17printers, televisions, electronic keyboards, facsimile
18machines, videocassette recorders, portable digital music
19players, digital video disc players, video game consoles,
20electronic mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable
21receivers, satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders,
22or small-scale servers are sold or offered for sale in this
23State on or after January 1 of a program year must register
24with the Agency within 30 days after the first sale or offer
25for sale in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section and
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1this Section prior to the aforementioned electronic devices
2being sold or offered for sale.
3    (d) Each manufacturer shall recycle or process for reuse
4CEDs and EEDs whose total weight equals or exceeds the
5manufacturer's individual recycling and reuse goal set forth in
6Section 15 of this Act. Individual consumers shall not be
7charged a fee when bringing their CEDs and EEDs to collection
8locations, unless a financial incentive of equal or greater
9value, such as a coupon, is provided. Collectors may charge a
10fee for premium services such as curbside collection, home
11pick-up, or a similar method of collection.
12    When determining whether a manufacturer has met or exceeded
13its individual recycling and reuse goal set forth in Section 15
14of this Act, all of the following adjustments must be made:
15        (1) The total weight of CEDs processed by the
16    manufacturer, its recyclers, or its refurbishers for reuse
17    is doubled.
18        (2) The total weight of CEDs is tripled if they are
19    donated for reuse by the manufacturer to a primary or
20    secondary public education institution the majority of
21    whose students are considered low income or
22    developmentally disabled or to low-income children or
23    families or to assist the developmentally disabled in
24    Illinois. This subsection applies only to CEDs for which
25    the manufacturer has received a written confirmation that
26    the recipient has accepted the donation. Copies of all

 

 

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1    written confirmations must be submitted in the annual
2    report required under Section 30.
3        (3) The total weight of CEDs collected by manufacturers
4    free of charge in underserved counties is doubled. This
5    subsection applies only to CEDs that are documented by
6    collectors as being collected or received free of charge in
7    underserved counties. This documentation must include,
8    without limitation, the date and location of collection or
9    receipt, the weight of the CEDs collected or received, and
10    an acknowledgement by the collector that the CEDs were
11    collected or received free of charge. Copies of the
12    documentation must be submitted in the annual report
13    required under subsection (h), (i), (j), (k), or (l) of
14    Section 30.
15        (4) If an entity (i) collects, recycles, or refurbishes
16    CEDs for a manufacturer, (ii) qualifies for non-profit
17    status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
18    of 1986, and (iii) at least 75% of its employees are
19    developmentally disabled, then the total weight of CEDs
20    will be tripled. A manufacturer that uses such a recycler
21    or refurbisher shall submit documentation in the annual
22    report required under Section 30 identifying the name,
23    location, and length of service of the entity that
24    qualifies for credit under this subsection.
25    (e) (Blank).
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1refurbishers that have registered with the Agency are used to
2meet the individual recycling and reuse goals set forth in this
3Act.
4    (g) Manufacturers shall ensure that the recyclers and
5refurbishers used to meet the individual recycling and reuse
6goals set forth in this Act shall, at a minimum, comply with
7the standards set forth under subsection (d) of Section 50 of
8this Act. By November 1, 2011 and every November 1 thereafter,
9manufacturers shall submit a document, as prescribed by the
10Agency, listing each registered recycler and refurbisher that
11will be used to meet the manufacturer's annual CED recycling
12and reuse goal and certifying that those recyclers or
13refurbishers comply with the standards set forth in subsection
14(d) of Section 50.
15    (h) By September 1, 2012 and every September 1 thereafter,
16manufacturers of computers, computer monitors, printers,
17televisions, electronic keyboards, facsimile machines,
18videocassette recorders, portable digital music players,
19digital video disc players, video game consoles, electronic
20mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable receivers,
21satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders, or
22small-scale servers shall submit to the Agency, in the form and
23manner required by the Agency, a report that contains the total
24weight of the aforementioned electronic devices sold under each
25of the manufacturer's brands to individuals in this State as
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1applicable. Each manufacturer shall indicate on the report
2whether the total weight of the aforementioned electronic
3devices was derived from its own sales records or national
4sales data. If a manufacturer's weight for aforementioned
5electronic devices is derived from national sales data, the
6manufacturer shall indicate the source of the sales data.
7    (i) (Blank).
8    (j) (Blank).
9    (k) (Blank).
10    (l) On or before January 31, 2013 and on or before every
11January 31 thereafter, manufacturers of computers, computer
12monitors, printers, televisions, electronic keyboards,
13facsimile machines, videocassette recorders, portable digital
14music players, digital video disc players, video game consoles,
15electronic mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable
16receivers, satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders,
17and small-scale servers shall submit to the Agency, on forms
18and in a format prescribed by the Agency, a report that
19contains all of the following information for the previous
20program year:
21        (1) The total weight of computers, the total weight of
22    computer monitors, the total weight of printers, facsimile
23    machines, and scanners, the total weight of televisions,
24    the total weight of the remaining CEDs, and the total
25    weight of EEDs recycled or processed for reuse.
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1    under subsection (d) of this Section. For all weights
2    adjusted under item (2) of subsection (d), the manufacturer
3    must include copies of the written confirmation required
4    under that subsection.
5        (3) A list of each recycler, refurbisher, and collector
6    used by the manufacturer to fulfill the manufacturer's
7    individual recycling and reuse goal set forth in
8    subsections (c) and (c-5) of Section 15 of this Act.
9        (4) A summary of the manufacturer's consumer education
10    program required under subsection (m) of this Section.
11    (m) Manufacturers must develop and maintain a consumer
12education program that complements and corresponds to the
13primary retailer-driven campaign required under Section 40 of
14this Act. The education program shall promote the recycling of
15electronic products and proper end-of-life management of the
16products by consumers.
17    (n) Beginning January 1, 2012, no manufacturer may sell a
18computer, computer monitor, printer, television, electronic
19keyboard, facsimile machine, videocassette recorder, portable
20digital music player, digital video disc player, video game
21console, electronic mouse, scanner, digital converter box,
22cable receiver, satellite receiver, digital video disc
23recorder, or small-scale server in this State unless the
24manufacturer is registered with the State as required under
25this Act, has paid the required registration fee, and is
26otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Act.

 

 

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1    (o) Beginning January 1, 2012, no manufacturer may sell a
2computer, computer monitor, printer, television, electronic
3keyboard, facsimile machine, videocassette recorder, portable
4digital music player, digital video disc player, video game
5console, electronic mouse, scanner, digital converter box,
6cable receiver, satellite receiver, digital video disc
7recorder, or small-scale server in this State unless the
8manufacturer's brand name is permanently affixed to, and is
9readily visible on, the computer, computer monitor, printer, or
10television.
11    (p) Each manufacturer or group of manufacturers shall
12submit a quarterly report to the Agency that shall include: the
13total weight of computers; the total of computer monitors; the
14total weight of printers, facsimile machines, and scanners; the
15total weight of televisions; and the total weight of the
16remaining CEDs and the total weight of EEDs attributed to the
17manufacturer's or group of manufacturers' annual goal. The
18manufacturer's quarterly report shall include: (1) the dates,
19locations, and names of the registered collectors, and the
20total weight of CEDs and EEDs that the manufacturer or group of
21manufacturers attributed to an annual recycling goal; (2) the
22name of the recycler or refurbisher that processed the CEDs and
23EEDs on behalf of the manufacturer or group of manufacturers;
24and (3) a list of the end markets where the processed material
25were sent.
26(Source: P.A. 97-287, eff. 8-10-11; 98-714, eff. 7-16-14.)
 

 

 

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1    (415 ILCS 150/50)
2    Sec. 50. Recycler and refurbisher registration.
3    (a) Prior to January 1 of each program year, each recycler
4and refurbisher must register with the Agency and submit a
5registration fee pursuant to subsection (b) for that program
6year. Registration must be on forms and in a format prescribed
7by the Agency and shall include, but not be limited to, the
8address of each location where the recycler or refurbisher
9manages CEDs or EEDs and identification of each location at
10which the recycler or refurbisher accepts CEDs or EEDs from a
11residence.
12    (b) The registration fee for program year 2010 is $2,000.
13For program year 2011, if a recycler's or refurbisher's annual
14combined total weight of CEDs and EEDs is less than 1,000 tons
15per year, the registration fee shall be $500. For program year
162012 and for all subsequent program years, both registration
17fees shall be increased each year by an inflation factor
18determined by the annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross
19National Product as published by the U.S. Department of
20Commerce in its Survey of Current Business. The inflation
21factor must be calculated each year by dividing the latest
22published annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross National
23Product by the annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross
24National Product for the previous year. The inflation factor
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1registration fee must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
2No later than October 1 of each program year, the Agency shall
3post on its website the registration fee for the next program
4year.
5    (c) No person may act as a recycler or a refurbisher of
6CEDs for a manufacturer obligated to meet goals under this Act
7unless the recycler or refurbisher is registered with the
8Agency and has paid the registration fee as required under this
9Section. Beginning in program year 2016, all recycling or
10refurbishing facilities used by collectors of CEDs and EEDs
11shall be accredited by the Responsible Recycling (R2) Practices
12or e-Stewards certification programs or any other equivalent
13certification programs recognized by the United States
14Environmental Protection Agency. Manufacturers of CEDs and
15EEDs shall ensure that recycling or refurbishing facilities
16used as part of their recovery programs meet this requirement.
17    (c-5) A registered recycler or refurbisher of CEDs and EEDs
18for a manufacturer obligated to meet goals under this Act may
19not charge individual consumers or units of local government
20acting as collectors a fee to recycle or refurbish CEDs and
21EEDs, unless the recycler or refurbisher provides (i) a
22financial incentive, such as a coupon, that is of greater or
23equal value to the fee being charged or (ii) premium service,
24such as curbside collection, home pick-up, or similar methods
25of collection. Local units of government serving as collectors
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1costs and shall offer the manufacturer or its representative
2all CEDs and EEDs collected by the local government at no cost.
3Nothing in this Act requires a local unit of government to
4serve as a collector.
5    (c-10) Nothing in this Act prohibits any waste hauler from
6entering into a contractual agreement with a unit of local
7government to establish a collection program for the recycling
8or reuse of CEDs or EEDs, including services such as curbside
9collection, home pick-up, drop-off locations, or similar
10methods of collection.
11    (d) Recyclers and refurbishers must, at a minimum, comply
12with all of the following:
13        (1) Recyclers and refurbishers must comply with
14    federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including
15    federal and State minimum wage laws, specifically relevant
16    to the handling, processing, refurbishing and recycling of
17    residential CEDs and must have proper authorization by all
18    appropriate governing authorities to perform the handling,
19    processing, refurbishment, and recycling.
20        (2) Recyclers and refurbishers must implement the
21    appropriate measures to safeguard occupational and
22    environmental health and safety, through the following:
23            (A) environmental health and safety training of
24        personnel, including training with regard to material
25        and equipment handling, worker exposure, controlling
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1            (B) an up-to-date, written plan for the
2        identification and management of hazardous materials;
3        and
4            (C) an up-to-date, written plan for reporting and
5        responding to exceptional pollutant releases,
6        including emergencies such as accidents, spills,
7        fires, and explosions.
8        (3) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain (i)
9    commercial general liability insurance or the equivalent
10    corporate guarantee for accidents and other emergencies
11    with limits of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and
12    $1,000,000 aggregate and (ii) pollution legal liability
13    insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 per
14    occurrence for companies engaged solely in the dismantling
15    activities and $5,000,000 per occurrence for companies
16    engaged in recycling.
17        (4) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain on file
18    documentation that demonstrates the completion of an
19    environmental health and safety audit completed and
20    certified by a competent internal and external auditor
21    annually. A competent auditor is an individual who, through
22    professional training or work experience, is appropriately
23    qualified to evaluate the environmental health and safety
24    conditions, practices, and procedures of the facility.
25    Documentation of auditors' qualifications must be
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1    third-party auditors.
2        (5) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain on file
3    proof of workers' compensation and employers' liability
4    insurance.
5        (6) Recyclers and refurbishers must provide adequate
6    assurance (such as bonds or corporate guarantee) to cover
7    environmental and other costs of the closure of the
8    recycler or refurbisher's facility, including cleanup of
9    stockpiled equipment and materials.
10        (7) Recyclers and refurbishers must apply due
11    diligence principles to the selection of facilities to
12    which components and materials (such as plastics, metals,
13    and circuit boards) from CEDs and EEDs are sent for reuse
14    and recycling.
15        (8) Recyclers and refurbishers must establish a
16    documented environmental management system that is
17    appropriate in level of detail and documentation to the
18    scale and function of the facility, including documented
19    regular self-audits or inspections of the recycler or
20    refurbisher's environmental compliance at the facility.
21        (9) Recyclers and refurbishers must use the
22    appropriate equipment for the proper processing of
23    incoming materials as well as controlling environmental
24    releases to the environment. The dismantling operations
25    and storage of CED and EED components that contain
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1    impervious floors. Storage areas must be adequate to hold
2    all processed and unprocessed inventory. When heat is used
3    to soften solder and when CED and EED components are
4    shredded, operations must be designed to control indoor and
5    outdoor hazardous air emissions.
6        (10) Recyclers and refurbishers must establish a
7    system for identifying and properly managing components
8    (such as circuit boards, batteries, CRTs, and mercury
9    phosphor lamps) that are removed from CEDs and EEDs during
10    disassembly. Recyclers and refurbishers must properly
11    manage all hazardous and other components requiring
12    special handling from CEDs and EEDs consistent with
13    federal, State, and local laws and regulations. Recyclers
14    and refurbishers must provide visible tracking (such as
15    hazardous waste manifests or bills of lading) of hazardous
16    components and materials from the facility to the
17    destination facilities and documentation (such as
18    contracts) stating how the destination facility processes
19    the materials received. No recycler or refurbisher may
20    send, either directly or through intermediaries, hazardous
21    wastes to solid waste (non-hazardous waste) landfills or to
22    non-hazardous waste incinerators for disposal or energy
23    recovery. For the purpose of these guidelines, smelting of
24    hazardous wastes to recover metals for reuse in conformance
25    with all applicable laws and regulations is not considered
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1        (11) Recyclers and refurbishers must use a regularly
2    implemented and documented monitoring and record-keeping
3    program that tracks inbound CED and EED material weights
4    (total) and subsequent outbound weights (total to each
5    destination), injury and illness rates, and compliance
6    with applicable permit parameters including monitoring of
7    effluents and emissions. Recyclers and refurbishers must
8    maintain contracts or other documents, such as sales
9    receipts, suitable to demonstrate: (i) the reasonable
10    expectation that there is a downstream market or uses for
11    designated electronics (which may include recycling or
12    reclamation processes such as smelting to recover metals
13    for reuse); and (ii) that any residuals from recycling or
14    reclamation processes, or both, are properly handled and
15    managed to maximize reuse and recycling of materials to the
16    extent practical.
17        (12) Recyclers and refurbishers must comply with
18    federal and international law and agreements regarding the
19    export of used products or materials. In the case of
20    exports of CEDs and EEDs, recyclers and refurbishers must
21    comply with applicable requirements of the U.S. and of the
22    import and transit countries and must maintain proper
23    business records documenting its compliance. No recycler
24    or refurbisher may establish or use intermediaries for the
25    purpose of circumventing these U.S. import and transit
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1        (13) Recyclers and refurbishers that conduct
2    transactions involving the transboundary shipment of used
3    CEDs and EEDs shall use contracts (or the equivalent
4    commercial arrangements) made in advance that detail the
5    quantity and nature of the materials to be shipped. For the
6    export of materials to a foreign country (directly or
7    indirectly through downstream market contractors): (i) the
8    shipment of intact televisions and computer monitors
9    destined for reuse must include only whole products that
10    are tested and certified as being in working order or
11    requiring only minor repair (e.g. not requiring the
12    replacement of circuit boards or CRTs), must be destined
13    for reuse with respect to the original purpose, and the
14    recipient must have verified a market for the sale or
15    donation of such product for reuse; (ii) the shipments of
16    CEDs and EEDs for material recovery must be prepared in a
17    manner for recycling, including, without limitation,
18    smelting where metals will be recovered, plastics recovery
19    and glass-to-glass recycling; or (iii) the shipment of CEDs
20    and EEDs are being exported to companies or facilities that
21    are owned or controlled by the original equipment
22    manufacturer.
23        (14) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain the
24    following export records for each shipment on file for a
25    minimum of 3 years: (i) the facility name and the address
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1    and volumes; (iii) the intended use of contents by the
2    destination facility; (iv) any specification required by
3    the destination facility in relation to shipment contents;
4    (v) an assurance that all shipments for export, as
5    applicable to the CED manufacturer, are legal and satisfy
6    all applicable laws of the destination country.
7        (15) Recyclers and refurbishers must employ
8    industry-accepted procedures for the destruction or
9    sanitization of data on hard drives and other data storage
10    devices. Acceptable guidelines for the destruction or
11    sanitization of data are contained in the National
12    Institute of Standards and Technology's Guidelines for
13    Media Sanitation or those guidelines certified by the
14    National Association for Information Destruction;
15        (16) No recycler or refurbisher may employ prison labor
16    in any operation related to the collection,
17    transportation, recycling, and refurbishment of CEDs and
18    EEDs. No recycler or refurbisher may employ any third party
19    that uses or subcontracts for the use of prison labor.
20    (e) Each recycler and refurbisher shall submit a quarterly
21report to the Agency that shall include: the total weight of
22computers; the total of computer monitors; the total weight of
23printers, facsimile machines, and scanners; the total weight of
24televisions; and the total weight of the remaining CEDs and the
25total weight of EEDs processed, and the manufacturer or group
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1to meet the manufacturer's or manufacturers' annual recycling
2goal. The recycler and refurbishers quarterly report shall
3include: (1) the dates, locations, and names of the registered
4collectors, and the total weight of CEDs and EEDs that the
5recycler or refurbisher received; and (2) a list of the end
6markets where the processed materials were sent, by category
7and weight.
8(Source: P.A. 99-13, eff. 7-10-15.)
 
9    (415 ILCS 150/55)
10    Sec. 55. Collector responsibilities.
11    (a) No later than January 1 of each program year,
12collectors that collect or receive CEDs or EEDs for one or more
13manufacturers, recyclers, or refurbishers shall register with
14the Agency. Registration must be in the form and manner
15required by the Agency and must include, without limitation,
16the address of each location where CEDs or EEDs are received
17and the identification of each location at which the collector
18accepts CEDs or EEDs from a residence. Beginning January 1,
192016, collectors shall work only with certified recyclers and
20refurbishers as provided in subsection (c) of Section 50 of
21this Act.
22    (b) Manufacturers, recyclers, refurbishers also acting as
23collectors shall so indicate on their registration under
24Section 30 or 50 and not register separately as collectors.
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1to the Agency, on forms and in a format prescribed by the
2Agency, a report for the period from January 1, 2010 through
3June 30, 2010 that contains the following information: the
4total weight of computers, the total weight of computer
5monitors, the total weight of printers, the total weight of
6televisions, and the total weight of EEDs collected or received
7for each manufacturer.
8    (d) By January 31 of each program year, collectors must
9submit to the Agency, on forms and in a format prescribed by
10the Agency, a report that contains the following information
11for the previous program year:
12        (1) The total weight of computers, the total weight of
13    computer monitors, the total weight of printers, facsimile
14    machines, and scanners, the total weight of televisions,
15    the total weight of the remaining CEDs collected, and the
16    total weight of EEDs collected or received for each
17    manufacturer during the previous program year.
18        (2) A list of each recycler and refurbisher that
19    received CEDs and EEDs from the collector and the total
20    weight each recycler and refurbisher received.
21        (3) The address of each collector's facility where the
22    CEDs and EEDs were collected or received. Each facility
23    address must include the county in which the facility is
24    located.
25    (e) Collectors may accept no more than 10 CEDs or EEDs at
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1scheduling collection events, shall provide no fewer than 30
2days' notice to the county waste agency of those events.
3    (f) No collector of CEDs and EEDs may recycle, or refurbish
4for reuse or resale, CEDs or EEDs to a third party unless the
5collector registers as a recycler or refurbisher pursuant to
6Section 50 and pays the registration fee pursuant to Section
750.
8    (g) Each registered collector shall submit a quarterly
9report to the Agency that shall include: the total weight of
10computers; the total of computer monitors; the total weight of
11printers, facsimile machines, and scanners; the total weight of
12televisions; and the total weight of the remaining CEDs and the
13total weight of EEDs processed, and to which manufacturer or
14group of manufacturers the CEDs and EEDs were attributed to
15meet the manufacturer's or manufacturers' annual recycling
16goal. The collectors quarterly report shall include: (1) the
17date of collection and total weight of CEDs and EEDs collected;
18(2) the name of the recycler or refurbisher to whom the
19collector provided the collected CEDs and EEDs to, including
20the date that the recycler received the CEDs and EEDs from the
21collector and the weight; and (3) the name of the manufacturer
22or manufacturers that the collected CEDs and EEDs were assigned
23to meet the manufacturer's or manufacturers' annual goal.
24(Source: P.A. 98-714, eff. 7-16-14; 99-13, eff. 7-10-15.)