Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

415 ILCS 5/22.22a new

415 ILCS 5/22.35a new

415 ILCS 12/12 new

415 ILCS 15/6.1 new

415 ILCS 15/6.2 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to compile and make available to the public a report identifying the types and volumes of waste treated at authorized recycling facilities, the types and volumes of waste treated at authorized organic waste composting facilities, the total volumes of food scraps processed at municipal solid waste landfills, the total permitted capacity for compost volume on municipal solid waste (MSW) sites, and the total emissions of methane from MSW landfills. Sets forth findings, purposes, and goals. Establishes organic waste composting goals. Requires specified commercial food wholesalers, commercial food distributors, industrial food manufacturers or processors, supermarkets, restaurants, resorts, and conference centers to begin arranging for: (1) source separation of organic wastes from other solid wastes; and (2) recycling of the source-separated organic waste at an authorized source-separated organic material composting facility. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Requires each county waste management plan to include a composting program for organic waste as a part of the basic waste disposal plan. Allows a unit of local government to collect fees or rates for the organic waste composting services. Includes exemptions. Makes corresponding changes in the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Program Act.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/17/2024	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Adriane Johnson
1/17/2024	Senate	First Reading
1/17/2024	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/7/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
2/7/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

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