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90_SB0214eng 415 ILCS 20/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053 Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act to require the Department of Central Management Services to implement aluminum can recycling programs in all State buildings. Effective immediately. LRB9001547DPcc SB214 Engrossed LRB9001547DPcc 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act 2 by changing Section 3. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is 6 amended by changing Section 3 as follows: 7 (415 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7053) 8 Sec. 3. State agency materials recycling program. 9 (a) All State agencies responsible for the maintenance 10 of public lands in the State shall, to the maximum extent 11 feasible, give due consideration and preference to the use of 12 compost materials in all land maintenance activities which 13 are to be paid with public funds. 14 (b) The Department of Central Management Services, in 15 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community 16 Affairs, shall implement waste reduction programs, including 17 source separation and collection, for office wastepaper, 18 corrugated containers, newsprint and mixed paper, in all 19 State buildings as appropriate and feasible. Such waste 20 reduction programs shall be designed to achieve waste 21 reductions of at least 25% of all such waste by December 31, 22 1995, and at least 50% of all such waste by December 31, 23 2000. Any source separation and collection program shall 24 include, at a minimum, procedures for collecting and storing 25 recyclable materials, bins or containers for storing 26 materials, and contractual or other arrangements with buyers 27 of recyclable materials. If market conditions so warrant, 28 the Department of Central Management Services, in 29 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community 30 Affairs, may modify programs developed pursuant to this 31 Section. SB214 Engrossed -2- LRB9001547DPcc 1 The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall 2 conduct waste categorization studies of all State facilities 3 for calendar years 1991, 1995 and 2000. Such studies shall 4 be designed to assist the Department of Central Management 5 Services to achieve the waste reduction goals established in 6 this subsection. 7 (c) Each State agency shall, upon consultation with the 8 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, periodically 9 review its procurement procedures and specifications related 10 to the purchase of products or supplies. Such procedures and 11 specifications shall be modified as necessary to require the 12 procuring agency to seek out products and supplies that 13 contain recycled materials, and to ensure that purchased 14 products or supplies are reusable, durable or made from 15 recycled materials whenever economically and practically 16 feasible. In choosing among products or supplies that 17 contain recycled material, consideration shall be given to 18 products and supplies with the highest recycled material 19 content that is consistent with the effective and efficient 20 use of the product or supply. 21 (d) Wherever economically and practically feasible, the 22 Department of Central Management Services shall procure 23 recycled paper and paper products as follows: 24 (1) Beginning July 1, 1989, at least 10% of the 25 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased 26 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be 27 recycled paper and paper products. 28 (2) Beginning July 1, 1992, at least 25% of the 29 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased 30 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be 31 recycled paper and paper products. 32 (3) Beginning July 1, 1996, at least 40% of the 33 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased 34 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be SB214 Engrossed -3- LRB9001547DPcc 1 recycled paper and paper products. 2 (4) Beginning July 1, 2000, at least 50% of the 3 total dollar value of paper and paper products purchased 4 by the Department of Central Management Services shall be 5 recycled paper and paper products. 6 (e) Paper and paper products purchased from private 7 vendors pursuant to printing contracts are not considered 8 paper products for the purposes of subsection (d). However, 9 the Department of Central Management Services shall report to 10 the General Assembly on an annual basis the total dollar 11 value of printing contracts awarded to private sector vendors 12 that included the use of recycled paper. 13 (f)(1) Wherever economically and practically feasible, 14 the recycled paper and paper products referred to in 15 subsection (d) shall contain postconsumer or recovered 16 paper materials as specified by paper category in this 17 subsection: 18 (i) Recycled high grade printing and writing 19 paper shall contain at least 50% recovered paper 20 material. Such recovered paper material, until July 21 1, 1994, shall consist of at least 20% deinked stock 22 or postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 23 1994, shall consist of at least 25% deinked stock or 24 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1996, 25 shall consist of at least 30% deinked stock or 26 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998, 27 shall consist of at least 40% deinked stock or 28 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 2000, 29 shall consist of at least 50% deinked stock or 30 postconsumer material. 31 (ii) Recycled tissue products, until July 1, 32 1994, shall contain at least 25% postconsumer 33 material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain 34 at least 30% postconsumer material; and beginning SB214 Engrossed -4- LRB9001547DPcc 1 July 1, 1996, shall contain at least 35% 2 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998, 3 shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material; 4 and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at least 5 45% postconsumer material. 6 (iii) Recycled newsprint, until July 1, 1994, 7 shall contain at least 40% postconsumer material; 8 and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 9 50% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 10 1996, shall contain at least 60% postconsumer 11 material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain 12 at least 70% postconsumer material; and beginning 13 July 1, 2000, shall contain at least 80% 14 postconsumer material. 15 (iv) Recycled unbleached packaging, until July 16 1, 1994, shall contain at least 35% postconsumer 17 material; and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain 18 at least 40% postconsumer material; and beginning 19 July 1, 1996, shall contain at least 45% 20 postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 1998, 21 shall contain at least 50% postconsumer material; 22 and beginning July 1, 2000, shall contain at least 23 55% postconsumer material. 24 (v) Recycled paperboard, until July 1, 1994, 25 shall contain at least 80% postconsumer material; 26 and beginning July 1, 1994, shall contain at least 27 85% postconsumer material; and beginning July 1, 28 1996, shall contain at least 90% postconsumer 29 material; and beginning July 1, 1998, shall contain 30 at least 95% postconsumer material. 31 (2) For the purposes of this Section, "postconsumer 32 material" includes: 33 (i) paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from 34 retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so SB214 Engrossed -5- LRB9001547DPcc 1 forth, after the waste has passed through its end 2 usage as a consumer item, including used corrugated 3 boxes, old newspapers, mixed waste paper, tabulating 4 cards, and used cordage; and 5 (ii) all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes 6 that are diverted or separated from the municipal 7 solid waste stream. 8 (3) For the purposes of this Section, "recovered 9 paper material" includes: 10 (i) postconsumer material; 11 (ii) dry paper and paperboard waste generated 12 after completion of the papermaking process (that 13 is, those manufacturing operations up to and 14 including the cutting and trimming of the paper 15 machine reel into smaller rolls or rough sheets), 16 including envelope cuttings, bindery trimmings, and 17 other paper and paperboard waste resulting from 18 printing, cutting, forming, and other converting 19 operations, or from bag, box and carton 20 manufacturing, and butt rolls, mill wrappers, and 21 rejected unused stock; and 22 (iii) finished paper and paperboard from 23 obsolete inventories of paper and paperboard 24 manufacturers, merchants, wholesalers, dealers, 25 printers, converters, or others. 26 (g) The Department of Central Management Services may 27 adopt regulations to carry out the provisions and purposes of 28 this Section. 29 (h) Every State agency shall, in its procurement 30 documents, specify that, whenever economically and 31 practically feasible, a product to be procured must consist, 32 wholly or in part, of recycled materials, or be recyclable or 33 reusable in whole or in part. When applicable, if state 34 guidelines are not already prescribed, State agencies shall SB214 Engrossed -6- LRB9001547DPcc 1 follow USEPA guidelines for federal procurement. 2 (i) All State agencies shall cooperate with the 3 Department of Central Management Services in carrying out 4 this Section. The Department of Central Management Services 5 may enter into cooperative purchasing agreements with other 6 governmental units in order to obtain volume discounts, or 7 for other reasons in accordance with the Governmental Joint 8 Purchasing Act, or in accordance with the Intergovernmental 9 Cooperation Act if governmental units of other states or the 10 federal government are involved. 11 (j) The Department of Central Management Services shall 12 submit an annual report to the General Assembly concerning 13 its implementation of the State's collection and recycled 14 paper procurement programs. This report shall include a 15 description of the actions that the Department of Central 16 Management Services has taken in the previous fiscal year to 17 implement this Section. This report shall be submitted on or 18 before November 1 of each year. 19 (k) The Department of Central Management Services, in 20 cooperation with all other appropriate departments and 21 agencies of the State, shall institute whenever economically 22 and practically feasible the use of re-refined motor oil in 23 all State-owned motor vehicles and the use of remanufactured 24 and retread tires whenever such use is practical, beginning 25 no later than July 1, 1992. 26 (l) The Illinois Department of Transportation shall 27 study the feasibility of using recycled asphalt, rubberized 28 asphalt, concrete and demolition materials in road 29 construction projects undertaken by the Department. In 30 conducting the study, the Department of Transportation shall 31 (i) consider development of bid specifications to promote the 32 use of recycled asphalt, rubberized asphalt, concrete and 33 demolition materials, and (ii) analyze the costs and 34 availability thereof. On or before July 1, 1992, the SB214 Engrossed -7- LRB9001547DPcc 1 Department shall submit a report of its findings and 2 recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. 3 (m) The Department of Central Management Services, in 4 coordination with the Department of Commerce and Community 5 Affairs, shall implement an aluminum can recycling program in 6 all State buildings within 270 days of the effective date of 7 this amendatory Act of 1997. The program shall provide for 8 (1) the collection and storage of used aluminum cans in bins 9 or other appropriate containers made reasonably available to 10 occupants and visitors of State buildings and (2) the sale of 11 used aluminum cans to buyers of recyclable materials. 12 Proceeds from the sale of used aluminum cans shall be 13 deposited into I-CYCLE accounts maintained in the State 14 Surplus Property Revolving Fund and, subject to 15 appropriation, shall be used by the Department of Central 16 Management Services and any other State agency to offset the 17 costs of implementing the aluminum can recycling program 18 under this Section. 19 All State agencies having an aluminum can recycling 20 program in place shall continue with their current plan. If a 21 State agency has an existing recycling program in place, 22 proceeds from the aluminum can recycling program may be 23 retained and distributed pursuant to that program, otherwise 24 all revenue resulting from these programs shall be forwarded 25 to Central Management Services, I-CYCLE for placement into 26 the appropriate account within the State Surplus Property 27 Revolving Fund, minus any operating costs associated with the 28 program. 29 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.) 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 31 becoming law.