Bill Text: IL SR0220 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares the week of May 2 through May 8, 2021 as "Compost Awareness Week".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-14 - Referred to Assignments [SR0220 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0220-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Composting is an effective form of waste | ||||||
3 | reduction, reuse, and recycling, and since organic materials | ||||||
4 | make up approximately 30 percent of the material going to | ||||||
5 | landfills, composting is becoming one of the primary methods | ||||||
6 | communities use to reach waste diversion goals and create | ||||||
7 | sustainable communities; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Organic residual materials, including yard | ||||||
9 | trimmings, vegetable cuttings, biosolids, food scraps, | ||||||
10 | manures, and hay shavings, have been composted and converted | ||||||
11 | into a beneficial product known as compost; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Returning organic resources, remanufactured in | ||||||
13 | compost, to the soil reduces water consumption by over 30 | ||||||
14 | percent for all soil types, conserves water during extreme | ||||||
15 | drought or flooding conditions, decreases dependence on | ||||||
16 | chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and decreases erosion and | ||||||
17 | nonpoint source pollution; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Communities, through their local governments, | ||||||
19 | highway departments, soil conservation services, and public | ||||||
20 | works professionals, can have positive impacts on clean water, | ||||||
21 | soil, climate change, and landfill diversion by using compost | ||||||
22 | for public works projects; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Composting creates green jobs and infrastructure | ||||||
2 | for cities and states that implement composting programs; and
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3 | WHEREAS, International Compost Awareness Week (May 2–8, | ||||||
4 | 2021) is a multimedia publicity and educational initiative to | ||||||
5 | showcase compost production and demonstrate compost use | ||||||
6 | initiated and supported by compost industry organizations from | ||||||
7 | around the world; and
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8 | WHEREAS, The theme for 2021 is "Grow, Eat…COMPOST…Repeat", | ||||||
9 | which recognizes and promotes the importance of composting and | ||||||
10 | the use of compost in growing healthier food, supporting | ||||||
11 | healthier soils and, ultimately, creating a more just and | ||||||
12 | sustainable world; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare the week of | ||||||
15 | May 2 through May 8, 2021 as "Compost Awareness Week" in the | ||||||
16 | State of Illinois.
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