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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Post consumer use tires are being burned as

3tire-derived fuel versus a more environmentally friendly

4option of being recycled; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Currently, there is a $2.50 tax when purchasing

6tires in Illinois, and an additional dollar is added when the

7purchase is made within the City of Chicago; this tax goes

8towards the proper disposal of tires to ensure they do not end

9up in cheap landfills; the tax helps get rid of tires by

10sending them to locations where they are used as fuel or are

11recycled; a larger portion of used tires are used as fuel

12simply because it is easier than recycling; tire-derived fuel

13produces the same amount of energy as fossil fuels and has the

14same negative carbon footprint; burning tires for fuel has the

15same negative impact on our environment as does the burning of

16fossil fuels; while it is better to burn tires for fuel versus

17sending them to landfill, a more effective option is to

18recycle the tires; and

  
 
19    WHEREAS, To ensure an increase in tires being recycled, a

20mandatory number of tires could be moved through recycling

21plants each year; with this type of requirement, tires would

22not be automatically sent to the cheapest location, and the 
23current tax rate could be maintained, providing stability and 
 
 
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1certainty for those disposing of tires while engaging in more 
2sustainable and environmentally-friendly practices; 
3therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
5HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
6we urge the implementation of a requirement of a minimum limit

7of tires that must be recycled each year or a percentage of

8total tires disposed that must be sent to recycling

9facilities; and be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That if companies are resistant to the possible

11increase of cost in sending used tires to recycling plants

12rather than fuel facilities then incentives should be adopted

13to encourage recycling; and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That to guarantee the progress of this change,

15Illinois should adopt monitoring and reporting for companies

16who dispose of tires.