99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1362

 

Introduced 2/4/2015, by Rep. Laura Fine

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 20/3  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053

    Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that, all State agencies responsible for the maintenance of public lands in the State shall review its procurement specifications and policies to determine (1) if incorporating compost materials will help reduce stormwater run-off and increase infiltration of moisture in land maintenance activities and (2) the current recycled content usage and potential for additional recycled content usage by the Agency in land maintenance activities and report to the General Assembly by December 15, 2015. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 20/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053)
7    Sec. 3. State agency materials recycling program.
8    (a) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance of
9public lands in the State shall, to the maximum extent
10feasible, use compost materials in all land maintenance
11activities which are to be paid with public funds.
12    (a-5) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance of
13public lands in the State shall review its procurement
14specifications and policies to determine (1) if incorporating
15compost materials will help reduce stormwater run-off and
16increase infiltration of moisture in land maintenance
17activities and (2) the current recycled content usage and
18potential for additional recycled content usage by the Agency
19in land maintenance activities and report to the General
20Assembly by December 15, 2015.
21    (b) The Department of Central Management Services, in
22coordination with the Department of Commerce and Economic
23Opportunity, shall implement waste reduction programs,

 

 

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1including source separation and collection, for office
2wastepaper, corrugated containers, newsprint and mixed paper,
3in all State buildings as appropriate and feasible. Such waste
4reduction programs shall be designed to achieve waste
5reductions of at least 25% of all such waste by December 31,
61995, and at least 50% of all such waste by December 31, 2000.
7Any source separation and collection program shall include, at
8a minimum, procedures for collecting and storing recyclable
9materials, bins or containers for storing materials, and
10contractual or other arrangements with buyers of recyclable
11materials. If market conditions so warrant, the Department of
12Central Management Services, in coordination with the
13Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, may modify
14programs developed pursuant to this Section.
15    The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
16Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) shall conduct
17waste categorization studies of all State facilities for
18calendar years 1991, 1995 and 2000. Such studies shall be
19designed to assist the Department of Central Management
20Services to achieve the waste reduction goals established in
21this subsection.
22    (c) Each State agency shall, upon consultation with the
23Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, periodically
24review its procurement procedures and specifications related
25to the purchase of products or supplies. Such procedures and
26specifications shall be modified as necessary to require the

 

 

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1procuring agency to seek out products and supplies that contain
2recycled materials, and to ensure that purchased products or
3supplies are reusable, durable or made from recycled materials
4whenever economically and practically feasible. In choosing
5among products or supplies that contain recycled material,
6consideration shall be given to products and supplies with the
7highest recycled material content that is consistent with the
8effective and efficient use of the product or supply.
9    (d) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
10Department of Central Management Services shall procure
11recycled paper and paper products as follows:
12        (1) Beginning July 1, 1989, at least 10% of the total
13    dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
14    Department of Central Management Services shall be
15    recycled paper and paper products.
16        (2) Beginning July 1, 1992, at least 25% of the total
17    dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
18    Department of Central Management Services shall be
19    recycled paper and paper products.
20        (3) Beginning July 1, 1996, at least 40% of the total
21    dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
22    Department of Central Management Services shall be
23    recycled paper and paper products.
24        (4) Beginning July 1, 2000, at least 50% of the total
25    dollar value of paper and paper products purchased by the
26    Department of Central Management Services shall be

 

 

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1    recycled paper and paper products.
2    (e) Paper and paper products purchased from private vendors
3pursuant to printing contracts are not considered paper
4products for the purposes of subsection (d). However, the
5Department of Central Management Services shall report to the
6General Assembly on an annual basis the total dollar value of
7printing contracts awarded to private sector vendors that
8included the use of recycled paper.
9    (f)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the
10    recycled paper and paper products referred to in subsection
11    (d) shall contain postconsumer or recovered paper
12    materials as specified by paper category in this
13    subsection:
14            (i) Recycled high grade printing and writing paper
15        shall contain at least 50% recovered paper material.
16        Such recovered paper material, until July 1, 1994,
17        shall consist of at least 20% deinked stock or
18        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1994,
19        shall consist of at least 25% deinked stock or
20        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
21        shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or
22        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998,
23        shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock or
24        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
25        shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or
26        postconsumer material.

 

 

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1            (ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 1994,
2        shall contain at least 25% postconsumer material; and
3        beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 30%
4        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
5        shall contain at least 35% postconsumer material; and
6        beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 40%
7        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
8        shall contain at least 45% postconsumer material.
9            (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994,
10        shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material; and
11        beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 50%
12        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
13        shall contain at least 60% postconsumer material; and
14        beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 70%
15        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000,
16        shall contain at least 80% postconsumer material.
17            (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 1,
18        1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer
19        material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at
20        least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
21        1996, shall contain at least 45% postconsumer
22        material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at
23        least 50% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1,
24        2000, shall contain at least 55% postconsumer
25        material.
26            (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, shall

 

 

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1        contain at least 80% postconsumer material; and
2        beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 85%
3        postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996,
4        shall contain at least 90% postconsumer material; and
5        beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain at least 95%
6        postconsumer material.
7        (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer
8    material" includes:
9            (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from
10        retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so forth,
11        after the waste has passed through its end usage as a
12        consumer item, including used corrugated boxes, old
13        newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating cards, and
14        used cordage; and
15            (ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes
16        that are diverted or separated from the municipal solid
17        waste stream.
18        (3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered paper
19    material" includes:
20            (i) postconsumer material;
21            (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated
22        after completion of the papermaking process (that is,
23        those manufacturing operations up to and including the
24        cutting and trimming of the paper machine reel into
25        smaller rolls or rough sheets), including envelope
26        cuttings, bindery trimmings, and other paper and

 

 

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1        paperboard waste resulting from printing, cutting,
2        forming, and other converting operations, or from bag,
3        box and carton manufacturing, and butt rolls, mill
4        wrappers, and rejected unused stock; and
5            (iii) finished paper and paperboard from obsolete
6        inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers,
7        merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters,
8        or others.
9    (g) The Department of Central Management Services may adopt
10regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
11Section.
12    (h) Every State agency shall, in its procurement documents,
13specify that, whenever economically and practically feasible,
14a product to be procured must consist, wholly or in part, of
15recycled materials, or be recyclable or reusable in whole or in
16part. When applicable, if state guidelines are not already
17prescribed, State agencies shall follow USEPA guidelines for
18federal procurement.
19    (i) All State agencies shall cooperate with the Department
20of Central Management Services in carrying out this Section.
21The Department of Central Management Services may enter into
22cooperative purchasing agreements with other governmental
23units in order to obtain volume discounts, or for other reasons
24in accordance with the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act, or in
25accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act if
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1are involved.
2    (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall
3submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning its
4implementation of the State's collection and recycled paper
5procurement programs. This report shall include a description
6of the actions that the Department of Central Management
7Services has taken in the previous fiscal year to implement
8this Section. This report shall be submitted on or before
9November 1 of each year.
10    (k) The Department of Central Management Services, in
11cooperation with all other appropriate departments and
12agencies of the State, shall institute whenever economically
13and practically feasible the use of re-refined motor oil in all
14State-owned motor vehicles and the use of remanufactured and
15retread tires whenever such use is practical, beginning no
16later than July 1, 1992.
17    (l) (Blank).
18    (m) The Department of Central Management Services, in
19coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community
20Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity),
21shall implement an aluminum can recycling program in all State
22buildings within 270 days of the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of 1997. The program shall provide for (1) the
24collection and storage of used aluminum cans in bins or other
25appropriate containers made reasonably available to occupants
26and visitors of State buildings and (2) the sale of used

 

 

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1aluminum cans to buyers of recyclable materials.
2    Proceeds from the sale of used aluminum cans shall be
3deposited into I-CYCLE accounts maintained in the State Surplus
4Property Revolving Fund and, subject to appropriation, shall be
5used by the Department of Central Management Services and any
6other State agency to offset the costs of implementing the
7aluminum can recycling program under this Section.
8    All State agencies having an aluminum can recycling program
9in place shall continue with their current plan. If a State
10agency has an existing recycling program in place, proceeds
11from the aluminum can recycling program may be retained and
12distributed pursuant to that program, otherwise all revenue
13resulting from these programs shall be forwarded to Central
14Management Services, I-CYCLE for placement into the
15appropriate account within the State Surplus Property
16Revolving Fund, minus any operating costs associated with the
17program.
18(Source: P.A. 96-77, eff. 7-24-09.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.