Full Text of SR0170 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 17, 2008, the Electronic Products | 3 | | Recycling and Reuse Act, Public Act 95-0959, was enacted, | 4 | | setting forth procedures for the recycling and reuse of covered | 5 | | electronic devices in Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act | 7 | | banned the disposal of covered electronic devices in landfills | 8 | | and incinerators beginning January 1, 2012; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, To provide adequate collection of discarded | 10 | | electronic devices and comply with the disposal ban, more than | 11 | | 300 collection sites statewide are currently registered with | 12 | | the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to accept | 13 | | electronic wastes; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Local governments statewide have contracted with | 15 | | electronic waste processors and recyclers for collection, | 16 | | reuse, and recycling of discarded electronics, providing a | 17 | | vital service to their residents; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, A significant component of the discarded | 19 | | electronic waste stream collected to date has been, and | 20 | | continues to be, cathode ray tube (CRT) devices, including | 21 | | televisions and computer monitors; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, CRT glass contains lead at a sufficiently high | 2 | | concentration to meet the definition of hazardous waste, | 3 | | necessitating handling of the glass in a manner that protects | 4 | | human health and the environment; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The principal recycling market for CRT glass was | 6 | | historically the production of new CRTs; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Demand for new CRTs historically provided an | 8 | | economic incentive to recycle CRT glass for use in the | 9 | | manufacturing of new CRTs, and recyclers received revenue for | 10 | | the CRT glass provided to CRT manufacturers; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, New CRTs have essentially ceased to be purchased | 12 | | in the United States, and there are no CRT manufacturing | 13 | | facilities located in the United States; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, All CRT glass used in the manufacturing of new | 15 | | CRTs is now exported to India, to the sole remaining CRT | 16 | | manufacturing facility in the world; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, There exist limited additional available outlets | 18 | | for the legitimate recycling of CRT glass in the United States; | 19 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The quantity of CRT glass collected far exceeds | 2 | | current demand and available markets for the glass; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, CRT glass processing and recycling now carries a | 4 | | substantial cost, which constitutes a significant change since | 5 | | the Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act was enacted in | 6 | | 2008; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The increased cost to process CRT glass has caused | 8 | | electronic waste collection programs operated by local | 9 | | governments in Illinois to either bear the cost increases or be | 10 | | discontinued to avoid accumulation of CRTs; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Stockpiles of abandoned CRT glass have been | 12 | | discovered at several former electronic waste processing | 13 | | facilities across the United States, primarily due to the lack | 14 | | of markets for CRT glass and the high cost associated with | 15 | | existing markets; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Kuusakoski Glass Recycling LLC (Kuusakoski | 17 | | Recycling) and Peoria Disposal Company (PDC), both | 18 | | Illinois-based businesses, developed and permitted a CRT glass | 19 | | solution, the KleanKover Recycling Solution, whereby CRT glass | 20 | | is treated to reduce the leachable lead levels in the glass | 21 | | (the principal environmental concern associated with CRTs) | 22 | | below stringent federal thresholds, and is then placed as |
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| 1 | | Alternative Daily Cover (ADC) in a permitted landfill; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC have successfully | 3 | | operated the KleanKover Recycling Solution since November, | 4 | | 2013; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Given the lack of viable recycling markets, the | 6 | | IEPA has determined that treated CRT glass used as ADC can be | 7 | | counted towards manufacturer recycling goals under the | 8 | | Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, as documented in | 9 | | IEPA correspondence to Kuusakoski Recycling on November 26, | 10 | | 2013; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Basel Action Network (BAN), administrators of the | 12 | | e-Stewards Standard (a voluntary certification standard for | 13 | | electronic waste recyclers) had previously defined any use of | 14 | | treated CRT glass within a disposal facility, including use as | 15 | | ADC, as a "last resort" option, effectively prohibiting use of | 16 | | the KleanKover Recycling Solution; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, BAN had expressed interest in considering | 18 | | retrievable storage of CRT glass in permitted, monitored, and | 19 | | contained designated disposal sites as a preferred CRT glass | 20 | | management method; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In response to BAN's interest, PDC developed a |
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| 1 | | designated retrievable storage cell at its permitted Indian | 2 | | Creek Landfill No. 2 to provide storage and future retrieval of | 3 | | CRT glass, should markets develop to utilize the leaded glass; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, PDC has established a perpetual care fund for | 6 | | Indian Creek Landfill No. 2, consisting of a trust fund held by | 7 | | a third-party and available to Tazewell County (the host | 8 | | jurisdiction for the landfill), which provides funding to | 9 | | monitor and maintain the landfill in perpetuity, imparting a | 10 | | greater level of financial and environmental protection than is | 11 | | required under state or federal laws or regulations; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC formally petitioned | 13 | | BAN on November 18, 2014, to modify the e-Stewards Standard and | 14 | | allow, as an additional preferred CRT glass management option, | 15 | | the placement of treated CRT glass in a retrievable storage | 16 | | cell within a permitted disposal site which has a perpetual | 17 | | care fund established; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, At least 10 units of local government in Illinois, | 19 | | representing nearly four million people, sent letters to BAN in | 20 | | support of the petition submitted by Kuusakoski Recycling and | 21 | | PDC, and urging BAN's approval in order to maintain the | 22 | | governmental units' vital electronic waste collection and | 23 | | recycling programs for their residents; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, On March 26, 2015, the Senate of the 99th General | 2 | | Assembly of the State of Illinois adopted Senate Resolution 184 | 3 | | urging BAN to approve the petition submitted by Kuusakoski | 4 | | Recycling and PDC and revise the e-Stewards Standard to allow | 5 | | placement of treated CRT glass into a dedicated retrievable | 6 | | storage cell at a permitted disposal facility; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, On July 10, 2015, Public Act 99-13 amended the | 8 | | Electronics Products Recycling and Reuse Act to allow CRT glass | 9 | | placed in retrievable storage cells at permitted landfills to | 10 | | be counted towards manufacturer recycling goals; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, BAN published Sanctioned Interpretation #5 to the | 12 | | e-Stewards Standard V2.0 on April 1, 2016, recognizing | 13 | | placement of treated CRT glass in lined, leachate-controlled, | 14 | | and monitored solid waste landfills as a conditionally | 15 | | allowable option for the management of CRT glass if all | 16 | | preferred options have been ruled out based on established | 17 | | criteria without requirement for further BAN approval; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Sustainable Electronics Recycling International | 19 | | (SERI), administrators of the R2 Standard (a separate voluntary | 20 | | certification standard for electronic waste recyclers) has | 21 | | prohibited its certified recyclers from managing CRT glass in | 22 | | any form within a landfill, including as ADC or in retrievable |
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| 1 | | storage; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, At least 15 units of local government in Illinois, | 3 | | representing over five million people, some of which | 4 | | governmental units maintain among the most effective e-waste | 5 | | recycling programs in the United States, petitioned SERI in | 6 | | 2014, to reconsider its position on CRT glass management, | 7 | | citing the need for additional CRT glass management options in | 8 | | the United States; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In June of 2016, representatives of SERI and the | 10 | | R2 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC; a multi-stakeholder | 11 | | group appointed by SERI to review and recommend revisions to | 12 | | the R2 Standard) toured the Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC | 13 | | facilities and received additional information about their CRT | 14 | | glass management process; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In September of 2016, Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC | 16 | | announced a further enhancement to their CRT glass management | 17 | | process which will segregate panel glass (which does not | 18 | | include concentrations of hazardous materials in regulated | 19 | | quantities) from leaded funnel glass; this enhancement will | 20 | | permit Kuusakoski Recycling and PDC to utilize crushed panel | 21 | | glass as construction aggregate at permitted landfills as a | 22 | | replacement for washed gravel in the construction of leachate | 23 | | recirculation wells and potentially landfill gas wells, while |
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| 1 | | continuing to treat leaded funnel glass and place it in | 2 | | retrievable storage or utilize it as ADC at permitted | 3 | | landfills; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The option of beneficial use of CRT panel glass as | 5 | | construction aggregate, beneficial use of treated CRT glass as | 6 | | ADC, and placement of treated CRT glass in retrievable storage | 7 | | in a dedicated cell at a permitted disposal site provides | 8 | | needed environmentally protective, cost effective, and | 9 | | immediately available capacity for CRT glass, resulting in | 10 | | relief for residents, local governments, and recyclers across | 11 | | Illinois and the United States to manage this problematic | 12 | | material and reduce the potential for future discoveries of | 13 | | stockpiled material that would pose a significant | 14 | | environmental threat; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge SERI | 17 | | (Sustainable Electronics Recycling International) and the TAC | 18 | | (the R2 Technical Advisory Committee) to amend the R2 Standard | 19 | | to create an option for management of CRT glass through | 20 | | beneficial use, including in uses such as landfill construction | 21 | | aggregate and ADC, and placement of treated CRT glass into a | 22 | | dedicated retrievable storage cell in a permitted disposal | 23 | | facility; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the executive director, R2 technical director, and | 3 | | the chair of the Board of Directors of SERI (Sustainable | 4 | | Electronics Recycling International).
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