415 ILCS 151/1-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 151/ - Consumer Electronics Recycling Act.|Article 1 - Consumer Electronics Recycling Act

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2026)Sec. 1-10. Manufacturer e-waste program.(a) For program year 2019 and each program year thereafter, each manufacturer shall, individually or collectively as part of  a manufacturer clearinghouse, provide a manufacturer e-waste program to transport and subsequently recycle, in accordance with the requirements of this Act, residential CEDs collected at, and prepared for transport from, the program collection sites and one-day collection events included in the program during the program year.(b) Each manufacturer e-waste program must include, at a minimum, the following:(1) satisfaction of the convenience standard     described in Section 1-15 of this Act;(2) instructions for designated county recycling     coordinators and municipal joint action agencies to annually file notice to participate in the program;(3) transportation and subsequent recycling of the     residential CEDs collected at, and prepared for transport from, the program collection sites and one-day collection events included in the program during the program year; and(4) submission of a report to the Agency, by March 1,     2020, and each March 1 thereafter, which includes:(A) the total weight of all residential CEDs         transported from program collection sites and one-day collection events throughout the State during the preceding program year by CED category;(B) the total weight of residential CEDs         transported from all program collection sites and one-day collection events in each county in the State during the preceding program year by CED category; and(C) the total weight of residential CEDs         transported from all program collection sites and one-day collection events in each county in the State during that preceding program year and that was recycled.(c) Each manufacturer e-waste program shall make the instructions required under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) available on its website by December 1, 2017, and the program shall provide to the Agency a hyperlink to the website for posting on the Agency's website.(d) Nothing in this Act shall prevent a manufacturer from accepting, through a manufacturer e-waste program, residential CEDs collected through a curbside or drop-off collection program that is operated pursuant to a residential franchise collection agreement authorized by Section 11-19-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section 5-1048 of the Counties Code between a third party and a unit of local government located within a county or municipal joint action agency that has elected to participate in a manufacturer e-waste program.(e) A collection program operated in accordance with this Section shall:(1) meet the collector responsibilities under     subsections (a), (a-5), (d), (e), and (g) under Section 1-45 and require certification on the bill of lading or similar manifest from the unit of local government, the third party, and the county or municipal joint action agency that elected to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program that the CEDs were collected, to the best of their knowledge, from residential consumers in the State of Illinois;(2) comply with the audit provisions under subsection     (g) of Section 1-30;(3) locate any drop-off location where CEDs are     collected  on property owned by a unit of local government; and(4) have signage at any drop-off location indicating     only residential CEDs are accepted for recycling.Manufacturers of CEDs are not financially responsible for transporting and consolidating CEDs collected from a collection program's drop-off location. Any drop-off location used in 2019 must have been identified by the county or municipal joint action agency in the written notice of election to participate in the manufacturer e-waste program in accordance with Section 1-20 by March 1, 2018. Any drop-off location operating in 2020 or in subsequent years must be identified by the county or municipal joint action agency in the annual written notice of election to participate in a manufacturer e-waste program in accordance with Section 1-20 to be eligible for the subsequent program year. (Source: P.A. 100-362, eff. 8-25-17; 100-433, eff. 8-25-17; 100-592, eff. 6-22-18; 100-1165, eff. 6-1-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)