McHenry County, IL Recycling

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/common/CountyDpt/PlanDev/PDFDocs/RecycleOrd.pdf (to subsequent ordinance)
Text:
WHEREAS, the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act, 415 ILCS 15/6 requires
that each county waste management plan adopted shall include a recycling program
designed to recycle twenty-five percent (25%) of its municipal waste; and
WHEREAS, counties are empowered by Statute, 415 ILCS 15/6, (5) to require residents
of the county to separate recyclable materials at the time of disposal or trash pickup as
a component of the county’s recycling program; and
WHEREAS, the County of McHenry, Illinois, has adopted the McHenry County Solid
Waste Management Plan whose “centerpiece” consists of the following measures to
achieve and/or exceed both State and County recycling goals:
A) All waste generated in McHenry County shall be separated.
B) All waste disposed of in McHenry County shall be separated.
C) All municipal waste haulers operating in McHenry County shall be licensed
and required as a condition of licensing to demonstrate the means and
methods proposed to accomplish the above.
D) All municipal waste haulers receiving said license shall report on an
annual basis the recovery results in terms of both material and respective
tonnages to the McHenry County Solid Waste Coordinator.
WHEREAS, the County has adopted the Solid Waste Management Plan, as amended,
which contains the additional following measure to achieve and/or exceed both State
and County recycling goals:
A) Expand the residential recycling ordinance to require residents to separate
cardboard, magazines, chipboard, phone books and office paper. In
addition, require residents to also separate plastics consisting of HDPE,
PET and other plastic containers.
WHEREAS, the County of McHenry, Illinois desires to implement its recycling program
within its adopted Solid Waste Management Plan, amendments thereto, and the
recycling goals therein through the enactment of this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the McHenry County Board finds:
A) The recycling of certain items, including, but not limited to, aluminum and
tin cans, newspapers, corrugated cardboard, high grade printing and
writing paper, landscape waste, plastic and glass containers, and any and
McHenry County Residential Recycling Ordinance all recyclable materials, is vital to the conservation of America’s natural
resources; and
B) The inclusion of recyclable materials in municipal waste generated by both
the residents and businesses of McHenry County increases the volume of
refuse which must ultimately be disposed of in sanitary landfills or by other
means; and
C) The continued disposal of recyclable materials generated by both the
residents and businesses of McHenry County will decrease the capacity of
area landfills; and
D) By eliminating recyclable materials from the municipal waste stream, the
capacity of existing landfills to serve the needs of McHenry County for
disposal of non-recyclable municipal waste will be extended.
E) It is desirable to encourage cities and villages within the County to enact
ordinances meeting the same goals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the following enacts the procedures to be
followed for the separation and collection of municipal waste and recyclable materials
generated from residential dwelling units in McHenry County..
Category:County Governments
Category:Illinois
Category:Recycling
Category:Resolutions