415 ILCS 5/22.28
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title V - Land Pollution and Refuse Disposal

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.28)Sec. 22.28. White goods.(a) No person shall knowingly offer for  collection or collect white goods for the purpose of disposal by  landfilling unless the white good components have been removed.(b) No owner or operator of a landfill shall  accept any white goods for final disposal, except that white goods may be  accepted if:(1) (blank);(2) prior to final disposal, any white good     components have been removed from the white goods; and(3) a site operating plan satisfying this Act has     been approved under the landfill's site operating permit and the conditions of the operating plan are met.(c) For the purposes of this Section:(1) "White goods" shall include all discarded     refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, air conditioners, humidifiers and other similar domestic and commercial large appliances.(2) "White good components" shall include:(i) any chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant gas;(ii) any electrical switch containing mercury;(iii) any device that contains or may contain         PCBs in a closed system, such as a dielectric fluid for a capacitor, ballast or other component; and(iv) any fluorescent lamp that contains mercury.(d) The Agency is authorized to provide financial assistance to units of  local government from the Solid Waste Management Fund to plan for and  implement programs to collect, transport and manage white goods.  Units of local government may apply jointly for financial  assistance under this Section.Applications for such financial assistance shall be submitted to the  Agency and must provide a description of:(A) the area to be served by the program;(B) the white goods intended to be included in         the program;(C) the methods intended to be used for         collecting and receiving materials;(D) the property, buildings, equipment and         personnel included in the program;(E) the public education systems to be used as         part of the program;(F) the safety and security systems that will be         used;(G) the intended processing methods for each         white goods type;(H) the intended destination for final material         handling location; and(I) any staging sites used to handle collected         materials, the activities to be performed at such sites and the procedures for assuring removal of collected materials from such sites.The application may be amended to reflect changes in operating  procedures, destinations for collected materials, or other factors.Financial assistance shall be awarded for a State fiscal year, and  may be renewed, upon application, if the Agency approves the operation  of the program.(e) All materials collected or received under a program operated with  financial assistance under this Section shall be recycled whenever  possible.  Treatment or disposal of collected materials are not eligible  for financial assistance unless the applicant shows and the Agency approves  which materials may be treated or disposed of under various conditions.Any revenue from the sale of materials collected under such a program  shall be retained by the unit of local government and may be used only for  the same purposes as the financial assistance under this Section.(f) The Agency is authorized to adopt rules necessary or appropriate to  the administration of this Section.(g) (Blank).  (Source: P.A. 100-103, eff. 8-11-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18.)