Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 ILCS 15 — Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. (Source: P.A. 85-1198.)

(a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that parts of this State have inadequate and rapidly diminishing disposal capacity for municipal waste; (2) that counties should have the primary responsibility to plan for the management of municipal waste within their boundaries to insure the timely development of needed waste mana…

As used in this Act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

As used in this Act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "Composting" means the biological process by which microorganisms decompose the organic fraction of waste, producing a humus-like material that may be used as a soil conditioner. "County" me…

(a) By March 1, 1991, each county with a population of 100,000 or more and each municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and by March 1, 1995, each county with a population of less than 100,000, shall submit to the Agency an officially adopted plan for the management of municipal waste generated within its…

(a) Prior to adopting a waste management plan for submission to the Agency, the county shall form an advisory committee, which shall include representatives from municipalities within the county, citizen organizations, industry, the private solid waste management industry operating within the county, local recyclers an…

Each county waste management plan adopted under Section 4 shall include a recycling program

Each county waste management plan adopted under Section 4 shall include a recycling program. Such recycling program: (1) shall be implemented throughout the county and include a time schedule for implementation of the program. (2) shall provide for the designation of a recycling coordinator to administer the program. (…

(a) Each county shall begin implementation of its waste management plan, including the recycling program, within one year of adoption of the plan

(a) Each county shall begin implementation of its waste management plan, including the recycling program, within one year of adoption of the plan. The county may enter into written agreements with other persons, including a municipality or persons transporting municipal waste on the effective date of this Act, pursuant…

Any county or municipality may, by ordinance, provide that no sanitary landfill facility located within the unincorporated area, if a county, or the incorporated area, if a municipality, may accept for final disposal at any time truckloads composed primarily of leaves generated within the county in which the facility i…

Regulation of certain pollution control facilities

Regulation of certain pollution control facilities. No provision of this Act shall be construed to allow any county with a population of less than 2,000,000 residents to adopt an ordinance or resolution, except an ordinance or resolution adopting a county plan in accordance with Sections 4 and 5 of this Act, or impleme…

Beginning January 1, 1992, no person shall offer for sale any single use plastic bottle with a capacity of 16 fluid ounces or more, nor any other single use rigid plastic container with a capacity of 8 fluid ounces or more, that is not coded in a manner that assists recyclers in sorting such containers by resin composi…

(a) No person may sell or offer for sale at retail to consumers in this State any beverage packaged in a plastic can unless such person has first demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Agency that: (1) plastic cans can be collected and recycled in a manner that will not interfere with the processing of scrap aluminum…

It shall be a violation of this Act for any person: (1) To cause or assist in the violation of Section 9 or 10 of this Act or any regulation promulgated hereunder

It shall be a violation of this Act for any person: (1) To cause or assist in the violation of Section 9 or 10 of this Act or any regulation promulgated hereunder. (2) To fail to adhere to the schedule set forth in, or pursuant to, this Act for adopting and reviewing a waste management plan. (3) To fail to implement th…

(a) Any person that violates any provision of this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for such violation; such penalty may, upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction, be made payable to the Solid Waste Management Fund, to be used in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Solid Wa…

Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act

Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act. This Act is subject to the provisions of the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act. (Source: P.A. 98-1079, eff. 8-26-14.)