Bill Text: IL HR0090 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Tasks the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with developing a Workplace Recycling Toolkit containing downloadable information and resources for implementing or expanding business or institutional recycling programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0090 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0090-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Recycling reduces the need for landfilling and | ||||||
| 3 | incineration and prevents pollution caused by the | ||||||
| 4 | manufacturing of products from virgin materials; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, | ||||||
| 6 | 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 | ||||||
| 7 | barrels of oil, and 4,1000 kilowatt-hours of electricity; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, An aluminum can takes over 100 years to decompose, | ||||||
| 9 | but a recycled can may be reused in 60 days; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, A group of middle school students in Addison | ||||||
| 11 | formed the Recycle Because You Care Team to research various | ||||||
| 12 | approaches to encouraging their community to recycle; the | ||||||
| 13 | experiment proved that recycling rates increased in households | ||||||
| 14 | that were educated about recycling techniques; during the | ||||||
| 15 | experiment, the number of recyclers increased by 86% in | ||||||
| 16 | neighborhoods where the homeowners were informed about how to | ||||||
| 17 | recycle and were given recycling bins; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Following the approval of a State grant, an | ||||||
| 19 | Addison waste hauler provided more than 7,000 new recycling | ||||||
| 20 | bins to their community; as a result, the recycling volume | ||||||
| 21 | increased by 85 tons; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The impact of educational tools in Addison proves | ||||||
| 2 | that recycling rates in the State can be increased by better | ||||||
| 3 | informing citizens and businesses of recycling programs and | ||||||
| 4 | possibilities; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 7 | the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||||||
| 8 | shall develop a Workplace Recycling Toolkit containing | ||||||
| 9 | downloadable information and resources for implementing or | ||||||
| 10 | expanding business or institutional recycling programs; and be | ||||||
| 11 | it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Workplace Recycling Toolkit shall | ||||||
| 13 | include information to show companies and institutions how to: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) identify available recycling and waste reduction | ||||||
| 15 | options; | ||||||
| 16 | (2) identify and overcome barriers to implementing | ||||||
| 17 | recycling programs and implementing suggested solutions; | ||||||
| 18 | (3) differentiate geographic circumstances that may | ||||||
| 19 | affect the ability to collect or market recyclable | ||||||
| 20 | materials; | ||||||
| 21 | (4) identify additional available education and | ||||||
| 22 | program resources; and | ||||||
| 23 | (5) implement a comprehensive and effective waste | ||||||
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| 1 | reduction and recycling program; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That, once completed, there shall be a | ||||||
| 3 | promotional campaign to make the public aware of the Toolkit | ||||||
| 4 | and the useful information it contains; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Commerce and | ||||||
| 6 | Economic Opportunity shall complete this task on or before | ||||||
| 7 | March 1, 2012.
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