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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 1139 


2    AMENDMENT NO. ___.  Amend House Resolution 1139 by replacing 
3everything after the heading with the following:

 
4    "WHEREAS, Paper and plastic disposable bags are 
5distributed
extensively throughout our society; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Improper disposal results in plastic bags 
7becoming windblown through
streets and parks, as sources of 
8litter with the potential to clog storm drains and sewers and

9degrade soils and waterways; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Plastic bags are often the source of contamination 
11in residential curbside
recycling collections, yard waste 
12collections, and food scrap composting, resulting in the

13jamming of the mechanical parts of recycling facilities and 
14sewage treatment systems; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The economic value of recycled plastic bags as a 
2commodity is lost when they
are collected in conventional 
3household recycling programs; plastic bags require
handling in 
4specialized programs outside of the normal household recycling 
5stream; and
 
6    WHEREAS, An educational program needs to be established in 
7order to promote the
recycling of plastic bags and the use of 
8reusable bags; and
 
9    WHEREAS, A unified and coordinated education, advocacy, 
10and recycling program of this
nature will reflect a meaningful 
11and positive step forward towards reducing litter and
plastic 
12bag waste; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, These measures  will help educate schools that need 
14to
know about recycling waste; therefore, be it
  
 
  
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
16NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
17designate the first Friday of May 2016 as "Recycle Thin
Film 
18Friday"; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That "Recycle Thin Film Friday" is established in 
20the State of
Illinois as an effort to reclaim used thin-film 
21plastic bags and to
encourage consumers to use reusable bags; 
 
 
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1and be it further
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
3presented to Pontiac High School in
recognition of the efforts 
4of its students to bring light to this issue.".