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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB6029 Introduced , by Rep. Carol A. Sente SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 415 ILCS 15/6 | from Ch. 85, par. 5956 |
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Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Provides that specified county waste management plans shall include a food scrap composting program. Provides that the program shall provide for separate collection and composting of leaves and food scrap, shall include a report to the Environmental Protection Agency about the capacity and availability of food scrap composting infrastructure in or near the county, and shall include a plan for access to food scrap composting by all county residents within 5 years.
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| | HB6029 | | LRB099 19773 MGM 44171 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is |
5 | | amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
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6 | | (415 ILCS 15/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 5956)
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7 | | Sec. 6.
Each county waste management plan adopted under |
8 | | Section 4
shall include a recycling and food scrap composting |
9 | | program program. Such recycling program:
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10 | | (1) shall be implemented throughout the county and include |
11 | | a time
schedule for implementation of the program.
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12 | | (2) shall provide for the designation of a recycling |
13 | | coordinator to
administer the program.
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14 | | (3) shall be designed to recycle, by the end of the third |
15 | | and fifth years
of the program, respectively 15% and 25% of the |
16 | | municipal waste generated
in the county, subject to the |
17 | | existence of a viable market for the recycled
material, based |
18 | | on measurements of recycling and waste generated in terms
of |
19 | | weight. The determination of recycling rate shall not include: |
20 | | discarded
motor vehicles, wastes used for clean fill or erosion |
21 | | control, or
commercial, institutional or industrial machinery |
22 | | or equipment.
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23 | | (4) may provide for the construction and operation of one |