(415 ILCS 151/1-15)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)

Sec. 1-15. Convenience standard for program collection sites and one-day collection events.

(a) Beginning in 2019 each manufacturer e-waste program for a program year must include, at a minimum, program collection sites in the following quantities in counties that elect to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year:

(1) one program collection site in each county that has elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year and that has a population density that is less than 250 individuals per square mile;

(2) two program collection sites in each county that has elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year and that has a population density that is greater than or equal to 250 individuals per square mile but less than 500 individuals per square mile;

(3) three program collection sites in each county that has elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year and that has a population density that is greater than or equal to 500 individuals per square mile but less than 750 individuals per square mile;

(4) four program collection sites in each county that has elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year and that has a population density that is greater than or equal to 750 individuals per square mile but less than 1,000 individuals per square mile;

(5) five program collection sites in each county that has elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year and that has a population density that is greater than or equal to 1,000 individuals per square mile but less than 5,000 individuals per square mile; and

(6) fifteen program collection sites in each county that has elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program for the program year and that has a population density that is greater than or equal to 5,000 individuals per square mile.

For purposes of this Section, county population densities shall be based on the entire county's population density, regardless of whether a municipality or municipal joint action agency in the county participates in a manufacturer e-waste program.

If a municipality with a population of over 1,000,000 residents elects to participate in a manufacturer e-waste program for a program year, then the program shall provide 10 additional program collection sites for the program year to be located in that municipality, and the program collection sites required under paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of this Section shall be located outside of the municipality.

If a municipal joint action agency elects to participate in a manufacturer e-waste program for a program year, it shall receive, for that year, a population-based pro rata share of the program collection sites that would be granted to the county in which the municipal joint action agency is located if the county were to elect to participate in the program for that year, rounded to the nearest whole number.

A designated county recycling coordinator may elect to operate more than the required minimum number of collection sites.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, any county, municipality, or municipal joint action agency that elects to participate in a manufacturer e-waste program may enter into a written agreement with the operators of any manufacturer e-waste program in order to do one or more of the following:

(1) to decrease the number of program collection sites in the county, municipality, or territorial boundary of the municipal joint action agency for the program year;

(2) to substitute a program collection site in the county, municipality, or territorial boundary of the municipal joint action agency with either (i) 4 one-day collection events or (ii) a different number of such events as may be provided in the written agreement;

(3) to substitute the location of a program collection site in the county, municipality, or territorial boundary of the municipal joint action agency for the program year with another location;

(4) to substitute the location of a one-day collection in the county, municipality, or territorial boundary of the municipal joint action agency with another location; or

(5) to use, with the agreement of the applicable retailer, a retail collection site as a program collection site.

An agreement made pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection (b) shall be reduced to writing and included in the manufacturer e-waste program plan as required under subsection (a) of Section 1-25 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-362, eff. 8-25-17; 100-433, eff. 8-25-17.)