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Solid Waste Agency director briefs DuPage committee on food-recovery bill SB1398
Summary
Walter Willis of the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County presented Illinois Senate Bill 1398 to the DuPage County environmental committee, outlining a phased food-scrap diversion program for large generators, potential amendments removing residential mandates, and expected infrastructure and grant support beginning in 2028.
Walter Willis, executive director of the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, told the DuPage County environmental committee that Illinois Senate Bill 1398 would create a food-scrap hierarchy intended to cut waste and direct edible food to people and animals before composting or anaerobic digestion.
"What does this bill do and why should DuPage County think about supporting it?" Willis asked, and then described the bill’s priorities: reduce food waste first, then feed people, then feed animals, and finally compost or send material to anaerobic digesters. Willis said the measure would phase in requirements for covered establishments between 2028 and 2034 and…
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