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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, For 20 years DuPage County has served as a leader | ||||||
| 3 | in conservation and environmental protection to ensure it | ||||||
| 4 | remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, On October 27, 2011, DuPage County became the | ||||||
| 6 | first county in the State of Illinois to receive the Governor's | ||||||
| 7 | Sustainability Award for its efforts to preserve the | ||||||
| 8 | environment for future generations; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, For 25 years, the Governor has recognized public | ||||||
| 10 | and private organizations in the State of Illinois for | ||||||
| 11 | significant achievements in protecting the environment through | ||||||
| 12 | sustainable practices; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The Sustainability Award serves as a validation of | ||||||
| 14 | DuPage County's efforts to reduce emissions, save energy, | ||||||
| 15 | increase air quality, conserve resources, and recycle waste | ||||||
| 16 | materials; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, DuPage County's initiatives have not only served | ||||||
| 18 | the environment well, but have also resulted in good public | ||||||
| 19 | policy; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Such sustainability initiatives include | ||||||
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| 1 | optimizing the county's traffic signal timing programs to | ||||||
| 2 | increase traffic flow, reducing 2.32 million hours of driving | ||||||
| 3 | time and saving 232,000 gallons of fuel; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Through the County's free Electronics Recycling | ||||||
| 5 | Program, more than 2 million pounds of electronic waste have | ||||||
| 6 | been diverted from landfills since 2008; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The County will save 2.4 million kilowatts | ||||||
| 8 | annually through energy-efficiency improvements on its campus; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, More than 5 tons of unused and unwanted | ||||||
| 11 | medications have been properly disposed of through the Rx Drop | ||||||
| 12 | Box Program which in turn keeps these hazardous waste items out | ||||||
| 13 | of our waterways and soil; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, DuPage County continues to work with businesses | ||||||
| 15 | and residents to implement more sustainable programs and to set | ||||||
| 16 | an example of how it can reduce its environmental footprint in | ||||||
| 17 | a fiscally responsible manner; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we recognize DuPage County for its diligent work to preserve | ||||||
| 21 | the environment for future generations.
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