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Will County committee backs state bills to extend and simplify e-waste recycling program
Summary
Will County Legislative Committee voted to support Illinois House Bill 3098 and Senate Bill 2414 to extend and adjust the stateelectronic-waste recycling framework, including a five-year sunset, relaxed item and truck-weight rules, and expanded eligibility for small businesses and institutions.
The Will County Legislative Committee voted to support Illinois House Bill 3098 and Senate Bill 2414, measures that would update the state's consumer electronics recycling program and extend manufacturer responsibility rules that are due to lapse.
The measures, described to the committee by Marta Keane, Will County recycling specialist, would renew and revise the law first enacted in 2007. Keane told the committee the existing program is effectively sunsetting and said the new bills would add a five-year sunset provision, allow…
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